The Princess Wei Yang Chapter 99 Part1
Chapter 99: Bursting with happiness
sun nv: a way for granddaughter to address herself in front of grandparents
muqin: mother
fuqin: father
fujun: a formal way for a wife to address her husband
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After
dinner, Li Chang Le wanted to help Lao furen up but Lao furen suddenly lifted
her hand and pointed towards Li Wei Yang and said: “This yatou, be more attentive,
come walk me back!”
Li
Wei Yang merrily went up and gently held onto Lao furen’s arm.
Li
Chang Le watched their silhouettes disappear with utter disappointment. She
dabbed tears from the corner of her eyes. Standing on the side as he watched,
Li Xiao Ran felt a little sympathetic towards her, he slowly said: “Fuqin
understands your intentions but what you did today was actually too wasteful.
If words spread, it will ruin the Li family’s reputation, don’t blame Lao
furen, she is only looking out for the Li family.”
Li
Chang Le’s eyes had tears yet she held back her whimpers and said: “Yes, nv er
understands.”
Li
Min De coldly watched at this pair of father and daughter. Li Chang Le’s acting
was getting better and it will inevitably become huge trouble in the future.
He
Xiang Yuan
Lao
furen held up her tea cup and gently blew away the hot air. She took a sip and
said: “Very light, these tea leaves are not bad.”
Li
Wei Yang smilingly said: “This is the new tea from this year, Princess Yong
Ning sent them over last time.” It was to help get over her shock.
Lao
furen smilingly nodded and said: “When I was young, I’ve always liked stronger
tea. It’s only when I am older that I find lighter tea to be better, light and
refreshing, which makes the taste linger longer.
Li
Wei Yang smiled without saying a word.
Lao
furen slowly said: “Oh, Wei Yang, I’ve agreed to let your Dajie return, did you
blame me?”
Li
Wei Yang smiled and said: “Lao furen, sun nv understands fuqin and your pains.
This morning, it was easy to notice that they must have been prepared from
Guogong furen’s manners. If we publicly declined, then the two families will
have a fallout. How could sun nv fail to see the bigger picture? I’m thinking
right now, Lao furen feels much more terrible than Wei Yang, how could Wei Yang
add on to your troubles.”
Li
Wei Yang was right, Lao furen actually felt displeased deep within her heart.
She has basked in glory her whole entire life and had never been coerced by
anyone. But both times the Jiang family visited, once was to forcefully place a
girl into the family, and another was to force them to accept Li Chang Le, they
were going too overboard! Lao furen bitterly smiled and said: “Oh you, such a
young yatou, yet you seem like you are thirty or forty, you don’t have any fury
of a youth.”
Li
Wei Yang smilingly said: “Look at what you just said, doesn’t that make me too clever.”
Lao
furen lightly smiled but then her smile suddenly disappeared, she said: “I’m
old, I can’t withstand these troubles, seeing how your fuqin begged me, I
didn’t have the heart to stay determined.
Li
Wei Yang’s smile was pleasantly warm: “Lao furen’s heart is, of course, for the
Li family. Fuqin had a mult.i.tude of things to handle outside so it’s
unsurprising that there will be something he neglects. The family had been held
together by Lao furen; as long as fuqin’s piety exists, how could there be
something that Lao furen can’t tolerate? No matter what wrong Dajie had
committed, she is still flesh and blood, we can’t let her wander about
dest.i.tute!”
Lao
furen’s eyes were slightly squinted yet her vision was reflected upon the
candle flame with a hint of smile, “Your words, not only defended your fuqin,
but also helped me save face. In the end, you haven’t wasted how much I doted
on you.”
Li
Wei Yang smilingly said: “Without Lao furen taking care of me, how would Wei
Yang live until today. To be able to help serve Lao furen, it’s already a
blessing for me.”
“What
an eloquent child.” Lao furen glimpsed at her and then warmly said, “Your Dajie
is the daughter of the main wife and she also has an attractive appearance. Your
fuqin had always doted on her so she would naturally be respected in this
family. But now, it is different, the things she has done, I haven’t forgotten
any of them. Our Li family is a clean family, nothing like this has happened
before. For the sake of the Jiang family, we’ve already reluctantly kept her
alive, even though Wu Xian Fei had already set the marriage arrangement but we
still have to abide to the three years mourning period. So we only made an oral
agreement and haven’t drawn up the marriage contract yet. I’m afraid a mishap
might occur so I am keeping her under my watch to prevent her from causing
trouble and soil the Li family’s reputation.”
Li
Wei Yang lowered her head, her expression humble, “Lao furen is right.”
Lao
furen lightly sighed and softly said: “Wei Yang, even if the new furen marries
into the family, your position in the family would never change. Moreover, with
your position as Xianzhu, your marriage in the future will most likely be
determined by the Emperor, others will not be able to interfere.”
This
was to console her, Li Wei Yang understood, she warmly said: “Lao furen, Wei
Yang understands.”
Lao
furen said: “You’ve suffered. But there are some grievances, as a daughter in
the Li family, you must experience these. If Chang Le seek you out for trouble
in the future, if you can’t hold back, then avoid her. We will put this off
until Jiang Dan leaves the capital.”
Li
Wei Yang earnestly said: “Lao furen is willing to advise Wei Yang, Wei Yang
couldn’t be any happier.”
Lao
furen just began to smile, warm like the spring winds: “It’s good that you
understand, okay, it’s getting late, you should return and rest.”
Li
Wei Yang stood up and said: “May Lao furen rest early.” She left cautiously
without any noise.
Luo
Mama placed a cloak on Lao furen, she gently said: “Lao furen, today you ---“
Lao
furen’s pondering brows were like the clouds in the sky and they carried a
sense of inexpressible feeling: “After a year of tranquility, we are
immediately in for waves.”
Luo
Mama swiftly said: “That --- won’t happen.”
Lao
furen warmly revealed a calm smile: “These two yatous are water and fire, how
could they get along peacefully, especially when the water in this yuanzi is
dirtied, this time, there will be chaos.”
Luo
Mama muttered: “But Nubi thinks Da Xiaojie has learned to restrain herself.”
Lao
furen coldly said: “You think Chang Le is stupid? Because she had a mother that
took everything for her and a beautiful face, wherever she goes, everyone would
let her have her way. Since she led a comfortable life, she has no sense of
propriety. Now that she had been imprisoned at the nunnery for a year, isn’t it
sufficient for her to repent? The fickleness of humans, she must eventually
learn how to conduct herself.”
Luo
Mama hesitantly said: “Lao furen perhaps is suspicious about what happened ---“
Lao
furen smiled and said: “No matter how foolish she is, she would not do
something this stupid, naturally it was someone’s doing.”
Luo
Mama was extremely shocked: “Then why did Lao furen still punish Da Xiaojie?”
Lao
furen spoke: “Don’t blame me for being cruel, if she didn’t have bad
intentions, no one would have harmed her. If she does not have the skills, then
don’t harm others, or else suffer from these kinds of punishment!”
Luo
Mama stayed quiet, she felt that Lao furen sometimes favored San Xiaojie too
much when she knew she couldn’t be extricated from the incident ……
Lao
furen said: “I know you want to say I favor Wei Yang, that’s right, I really
like her. Because she is alone and helpless and in order to survive in the Li
family, she must fight for my support. If I didn’t take care of her, every step
she takes would be difficult. And because of this, she would think of every way
to take care of me and understand me without being one bit careless. As for
Chang Le, she is the daughter of the main wife and she also has a strong
maternal backing. The mother and daughter seemed respectful but they’ve done a
lot that goes against my principles behind my back. Naturally I would not like
her and, of course, I wouldn’t save her. Moreover, everything is already the
truth, no one could have saved her then!”
Luo
Mama was suddenly enlightened, “So Lao furen would help San Xiaojie, but Da
Xiaojie is obviously aware of her wrongs ……”
Lao
furen smiled and said: “Let’s wait and see.”
Up
until the morning, Li Xiao Ran was ready to welcome his new wife, the Li family
began to become busier. Since the early morning, guests flowed in one after the
other. To entertain his guests, Li Xiao Ran deliberately invited the most
popular entertainer group in the capital so that the guests can watch the
performance as they waited. As time inches towards noon, all of the Li family’s
n.o.ble guests have arrived, royalties, ministers, Li Xiao Ran’s disciples, each
bought along congratulatory gifts, making the entire place filled with riches
and honor.
It
wasn’t until sunset where red fogs covered the skies when the bridal sedan was
bought into the residence and the Li family opened the central door to happily
invite the sedan in. At this moment, the Li family’s door was crowded with
people mainly because when the eight-carrier bridal sedan was traveling through
the streets, it attracted the peasant’s admiration. When commoners got married,
they only sat in a bridal sedan carried by four people --- only first-ranked
furen can be married in a bridal sedan carried by eight people.
In
her yuanzi, Li Wei Yang listened to the deafening firecracker noise. With fixed
attention, Li Min De coldly smiled: “I’ve gone and taken a look, on the bride’s
headpiece are pearl pheasants and peonies, just from looking at it, I’ve
already felt bedazzled. She wore a bridal gown that was made with authentic red
silk and on her scarf, are embroideries of rosy mandarins. It is certainly
glorifying … the Jiangs are definitely willing to spend the money.”
Li
Wei Yang smiled and calmly spoke: “Not just money but all of their resources.
This bridal gown can’t be worn by any brides. She is wearing the wardrobe of a
first-ranked furen.
Li
Min De frowned and said: “Can’t believe the Jiangs didn’t even wait until she
enters the family and has already want to request her the t.i.tle of first-ranked
furen.”
First
rank is the symbolism of status and position. Li Wei Yang whispered but it was
loud enough for people around her to hear clearly: “If it wasn’t for this, how
could she stand above a second ranked Xianzhu?”
Li
Min De’s expression quickly changed as if his face was veiled by a layer of
fog. Seeing his expression, Li Wei Yang knew immediately what he was thinking
about. She shook her head and said: “Let’s wait and see, things might not be as
bad as we think it could be.”
Li
Min De nodded and then Bai Zhi swiftly strolled in to report: “Xiaojie, Lao
furen said the bride has entered the wedding room, so she invites all Xiaojies
to accompany her.”
Li
Wei Yang nodded and then said: “Min De, you go welcome the guests in the front,
I will have to leave soon.”
After
bringing the bride into the wedding room, Li Xiao Ran only lifted the veil and
then went out to welcome the guests. He had to toast with all his relatives and
friends ……
Upon
entering the room, Li Wei Yang only heard sounds of laughter.
The
new bride quietly sat on the giant wedding bed in the most elegant sitting pose
as she waited. Er furen by her side was laughing: “I originally thought Da
Xiaojie was the most outstanding one, yet I would have never thought the new
bride is like a deity that had descended from heavens. Lao furen is really
blessed!”
Lao
furen only smiled and said: “It is my son’s blessing.”
The
bride bashed, at this second, the yatou at the door said: “San Xiaojie, you are
here.”
Everything
in the room looked towards the door. Li Wei Yang smilingly walked in and said:
“I’ve arrived late, I ask for your forgiveness.”
The
bride lifted her head and only felt a gentle light glimmered in her eyes as a
graceful young girl came forward. She had rosy cheeks and cherry lips yet she
had a pair of clear, cold eyes as they smiled at her.
Jiang
Yue Lan couldn’t help but sigh as she revealed an even more gentle smile: “This
must be Wei Yang.” Even though she the
new bride, she wasn’t a bit timid and overcautious but was rather generous and
decorous.
Lao
furen smiled: “Yes, she is the third.” As she said this, she gestured towards
Wei Yang and said: “Come, pay respects to your muqin.”
Even
though Jiang Yue Lan married Li Xiao Ran the latest yet she was officially the
main wife. Li Wei Yang went forth to greet her and without any signs of
disapproval, she said: “Wei Yang greets muqin.”
On
the side, Li Chang Xiao secretly admired her. She knew seeing this young,
beautiful stepmother already made her felt uneasy and greet her with that t.i.tle
yet Li Wei Yang said it as if it was nothing.
Li
Chang Le silently watched as she lowered her head, not knowing what to think.
The
new furen Jiang Yue Lan was beautiful yet wasn’t thin, her voluptuous face
wasn’t fat and had on honey peach blush. Her curving half crescent brows flowed
along finely with a pair of moving eyes below. Her nose was as if it was carved
from white jade, glimmering like smooth jade. Her cherry lips showed a smile,
carrying endless magnanimity; she iss definitely a big beauty but only prettier
than Li Chang Le by a speck.
This
kind of beauty had actually been hidden until this day, Li Wei Yang couldn’t
help but feel suspicious, what exactly did the Jiangs wanted to do from the
start. There was one point that Li Wei Yang didn’t even know, Jiang Yue Lan was
originally supposed to be sent into the palace by the Jiangs. But because Da
furen had pa.s.sed away, such a good p.a.w.n was sent into the Li family instead.
Li
Chang Ru saw Li Chang Le had her head down. She wanted to provoke her, she
said: “Dajie, are you reminiscing your birth mother? Oh, in this situation, it
is certainly easier to recall old memories at familiar sights.”
Lao
furen frowned and disliked Li Chang Ru’s slip of the tongue. Li Chang Le didn’t
show any signs of refutation but revealed grief in her expression.
Watching
this scene, Li Wei Yang didn’t show any signs of taking pleasure in her
misfortune but only calmly smiled.
Lao
furen ultimately reprimanded: “Such a joyful day, how could you not know what
should be said and what shouldn’t be said!”
Li
Chang Ru’s face turned white and was silent. Er furen’s expression revealed
displeasure but in the end, she didn’t dare to argue with Lao furen and only
tugged her daughter’s sleeve to signal her to hold it in.
Because
of this, the atmosphere in the wedding room turned cold, no one dared to open
their mouth to speak. At this moment, the bride stood up and then walked over
to Li Chang Le’s side, she gently said: “I’ve also lost my birth mother when I
was young so I understand your feelings. Moreover, your mu qin is my cousin,
you and I are family. Marrying into here, we are even closer, I will take care
of you in place of cousin in the future. Don’t grief anymore.” Saying this, she
even reached out to grasped ahold of her hand, Li Chang Le actually seemed to
be moved.
Lao
furen used her handkerchief to cover the corners of her eyes and said: “Yue
Lan, I couldn’t believe you are this sensible, I hope you can take care of this
more in the future.”
Jiang
Yue Lan’s face was filled with modesty, she said: “Yue Lan will do everything I
can to serve Lao furen and take care of fujun’s children.” Her tone was
indubitably sincere and att.i.tude was absolutely respectful, making others
unable to pick on her. Even Bai Zhe and Mo Zhu who stood behind Li Wei Yang
were convinced by this beautiful and generous furen. She couldn’t help but
think the new furen and Da furen were two different people.
Li
Wei Yang watched this scene and couldn’t help but smile. If they really wanted
to chat as family, they could have done so without anyone knowing, why would
they do it in front of everyone? Was it all Li Chang Le’s doing in putting on
this show to gain sympathy or did these two just played along and put on an
impromptu show? But no matter what, this new furen’s performance was perfect.
As a newly arrived bride, she was this benevolent towards the original main
wife’s children and was also able to give equal treatment to all children of
concubines, she was definitely a figure.
Li
Chang Le’s eyes were drenched with tears, she said: “Lao furen, now that there
is muqin, Chang Le wouldn’t feel alone anymore.”
Li
Wei Yang smilingly said: “Da jie, what are you saying, not only muqin, I would
not let you be alone.”
Li
Chang Le acted with surprise and then looked at Jiang Yue Land. Jiang Yue Lan
smiled: “After this, we are a family, this is a definite.”
Lao
furen smiled: “Yes, one whole family, we have to be harmonious, I hope from
today onward, we can live with peace!”
The
laughter from the wedding room spread throughout and Luo Mama who was guarding
the yuan zi let out a sigh after seeing the dark clouds gathering overhead.
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Translator: Erica
Editor: Pending
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