Ch 28: Visitors From Maternal Grandfather’s Home

“Miss, how should we handle this box?”

Meng Tingyue, after bathing, returned to her room and saw Qingdian holding a small box standing in the room.

She glanced at it casually, “If it’s something valuable, keep it to exchange for silver.”

Qingdian opened it and looked, “Miss, it’s a jade pendant.”

Jade?

A cold sneer appeared in Meng Tingyue’s eyes.

“Miss, why would the Fifth Prince send you a jade pendant?” Qingdian also sensed something amiss.

Meng Tingyue picked up the jade pendant and examined it closely through her handkerchief.

A white jade lotus pendant…

In her past life, she had also received this jade pendant, but not at this time. It was after their exchanged marriage and grand wedding. She had always worried that this matter would cause His Majesty to fly into a rage and implicate the Meng Family.

Perhaps because her emotions were evident, the Fifth Prince gave her this jade pendant, saying that it was her biological mother’s relic, left for his future princess consort.

Hah, it was just an ordinary jade pendant, and she actually believed him at the time.

Thinking about it now, it’s truly laughable. The Fifth Prince was planning to make the best of a bad job back then. I just wonder how he, who liked Meng Qingjiao so much, could bear not to take it back. What was he plotting? The monthly income of the shops under her?

She didn’t believe the Fifth Prince didn’t understand the significance of gifting a jade pendant, yet he still sent the jade pendant as a prize. His intentions were not good.

She threw the jade pendant back into the box, “The quality is good; it can sell for a lot of money.”

Qingdian was startled, “Yes.”

“Bring the medicinal herbs that were newly bought today.”

No matter what the Fifth Prince was up to, she would prepare her medicine first.

Just waiting for the day of the grand wedding to make her countermove.

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The spring light of April was just right, the weather was pleasant, and the sunlight gently fell on the exquisite paper window frame. Through the delicate window lattice, mottled shadows fell on the girl’s white face.

Meng Tingyue was sitting by the window, carefully picking out the dried peach blossom petals from the peach blossom fragrant sachet and filling it with the prepared medicine.

After finishing, she picked up a silver needle threaded with silk and carefully sewed the gaps in the fragrant sachet.

“Miss, let me do it,” Qinglan stepped forward to help.

Meng Tingyue dodged sideways, “Don’t touch this; I’ll do it myself.”

Meng Tingyue quickly finished sewing the fragrant sachet, and then hid it in a lacquered gold small box, completely isolating the smell.

This scent, when smelled for a long time, will cause damage to both women’s and men’s bodies, and prolonged exposure will cause infertility.

She didn’t care if she smelled it for a long time; after all, the Crown Prince was short-lived, and whether or not they had children was irrelevant. Qinglan and Qingdian were different; she wanted to find a good husband’s family for Qinglan and Qingdian and couldn’t harm them.

After washing the medicine off her hands, Meng Tingyue sat down to read a medical book, and Qingdian led the maid servant into the room.

She looked up and saw a flash of crimson.

The maid servant behind Qingdian placed the wedding dress on the table.

Qingdian said, “Miss, the wedding dress has been delivered.”

Qingdian’s eyes were faintly shining. As the Miss’s closest maid servant, having grown up together since childhood, she naturally hoped that the Miss would have a good destination.

She had seen this wedding dress; it was very suitable for the Miss, and the Miss would surely look extremely beautiful in it.

Meng Tingyue had lived two lifetimes; her mentality was different from those innocent and pure girls. Regarding this marriage, she only had a heart full of anger and calculation.

Then, she was startled, feeling a little ironic; twice married, she did not have the joy and anxiety of a bride-to-be toward marriage.

Perhaps this is her fate.

Qinglan and Qingdian saw her in low spirits and thought she was feeling emotional, after all, the wedding dress was embroidered by the woman herself.

A wedding dress is embroidered from childhood to before the wedding. Because Meng Tingyue lost her biological mother early and her body was weak, Madam Meng didn’t let her embroider it. After she learned needlework, it was too late to embroider a wedding dress, so she could only have an embroiderer at the shop make one.

She must have regrets about not being able to wear a wedding dress embroidered by herself. Qingdian left with the wedding dress, and Qinglan boldly sat beside Meng Tingyue, trying her best to find ways to make Meng Tingyue laugh.

Meng Tingyue knew their worries and cooperated, allowing herself to be amused.

During lunch and taking medicine, Qin Mama entered the room with a smile.

“Miss, good news, someone just sent word saying that the Eldest Young Master and Third Miss have arrived, and it is said that they will arrive this afternoon.”

Qin Mama was truly happy; the wrinkles on her face deepened with laughter.

Hearing the happy news, the smile on Meng Tingyue’s face became more genuine.

“Qinglan, tell the kitchen to make two more spicy dishes in the evening, and make some sweet dishes as well.”

“Yes, Miss.”

Hearing this, tears welled up in Qin Mama’s eyes, “Miss still remembers the Eldest Young Master and Third Miss’s taste.”

Meng Tingyue’s taste actually also preferred sweet dishes, but the Meng Family’s taste was light, so she could only follow their preferences.

“Mother mentioned it to me before her death, so I kept it in mind.”

In her last life, although she was happy that they came, because of Jiang Qingrou’s provocation, she felt awkward and unwilling to show her concern.

This time, she would prepare well and let her uncle and aunt have a pleasant stay here.

…

Xiao Wuyou and Xiao Huaifeng entered the city in a jeweled and expensive carriage, attracting the attention of many people along the way.

“Little sister, isn’t this too eye-catching?” Xiao Huaifeng looked helpless.

Xiao Wuyou sat carelessly in the carriage, “This is how we show our noble status, so we won’t be looked down upon by those scum in the Meng Family. Brother, look, it’s effective, right?”

Xiao Huaifeng twitched the corner of his lips, not knowing how to respond, only half-covering his face to block the sight of the people trying to see their faces through the curtain.

He didn’t know if it was effective or not; he only knew that they hadn’t been robbed along the way because the escort agency they hired was reliable, and the Crown Prince had led people to wipe out the bandits around Jingdu not long ago.

Otherwise, if they were so arrogant, they would definitely be robbed.

“Brother, we’re here.” As soon as the words fell, the carriage slowed down, and the casualness on Xiao Wuyou’s face disappeared, replaced by coldness.

“Young Master, Miss, we’ve arrived,” the attendant outside said.

Xiao Wuyou and Xiao Huaifeng got out of the carriage one after the other.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, Xiao Huaifeng heard a ‘tsk’ from the person beside him, “So simple.”

This word reached the ears of the guards at the gate, and naturally, it also reached the ears of Meng Tingyue and others who had rushed over.

“Uncle, Aunt,” Meng Tingyue happily went to greet them, lifting her skirt.

Xiao Wuyou glanced at Meng Tingyue indifferently, her brows slightly furrowed, impatiently shifting her gaze away.

Xiao Huaifeng’s attitude was more humble, his temperament gentle, without the arrogance and the smell of money of a merchant; he looked more like a scholar.

“We haven’t seen each other for so many years; Tingyue has grown into a young lady.”

Meng Tingyue’s eyes softened, “I miss my maternal grandfather, uncle, and aunt as well. If it weren’t for my poor health, I would definitely go back to visit my maternal grandfather every year.”

This was the truth; she didn’t know if Xiao Huaifeng believed it or not.

“Let’s go inside.”