Quick Wear Beauty

Chapter 475: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (225)

Chapter 475: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Twenty-Five)

As soon as Gu Xiaoyu saw Ma Chongyuan's appearance, she knew that she wanted to leave the palace and get married.

That's true, there is only one man in this palace, the emperor, and the women are all fighting for him. Can they win him over?

Even though they went to see the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Noble Consort and seemed reluctant to leave the palace, in fact, their thoughts had been aroused for a long time. Strictly speaking, these women were only the emperor's women in name only.

Your Majesty is willing to let them leave the palace, so why don’t they dare to leave the palace?

Nowadays, there are many people who divorce and remarry. The most famous one in the capital should be Mrs. Luo, the wife of the Marquis of Rencang.

It is said that people who divorced cannot marry into a good family, but the wife of Marquis Rencang is an exception.

Marquis Rencang was thirty years old, handsome, and mild-tempered. He was not interested in women, but loved calligraphy and painting. He was a highly accomplished calligrapher and a renowned calligrapher in Daliang. He had no desire to marry or take concubines, and had only one child, a three-year-old daughter of his deceased cousin.

Under such circumstances, there were many girls who wanted to marry into the Marquis' Mansion, but no one expected that the new hostess of the Marquis' Mansion would be Luo.

Luo was previously the wife of a seventh-rank official. She was dissatisfied with her husband's concubine and insisted on divorce. At that time, the official slandered his ex-wife, saying that she was jealous and could not even tolerate a concubine. He also said that she could not give birth to a child and would make him extinct. As a result, she was able to marry into the marquis's mansion and gave birth to a son the following year. However, she slapped the man hard and never dared to say anything bad about the marquis's wife again.

Now Luo is respected by her husband and has a son and a daughter. She is in great glory and many other ladies are envious.

Those of them in the palace had heard about this and had also met Luo Shi at the banquet. They could tell she was truly doing well. Gu Xiaoyu said, "You don't have to be so cautious. I won't laugh at you."

"I'm afraid you'll laugh at me? Humph, you think too much. I'm just worried about the future."

"As long as we can stand on our own feet, we can handle anything. Whether we marry or not, isn't it ourselves that are most important? Enduring blindly won't lead to good results. Look at Luo, didn't she fight for a bright future for herself?"

Ma Chongyuan obviously thought of Luo Shi as well, and said with emotion: "That marquis' wife is so lucky. I wonder if we concubines who have left the palace are as lucky as her."

Gu Xiaoyu knew what she wanted to hear. They had occasionally bickered when they met, but there was no major grudge between them. So she told Ma Chongyuan:

"The Imperial Concubine was chatting with me earlier. She said that when she was still in the boudoir, she once went to a poetry class and found that a man was secretly staring at you. He was planning to go to your house to propose marriage, but you were chosen by the late emperor and entered the Zhan Prince's palace with Empress Ji and others. On the day you entered the palace, the man was so drunk that he almost drowned in the river."

Ma Chongyuan was extremely surprised. How could the Imperial Noble Consort know something that she didn’t even know!

"How is that possible? I'm not as stunningly beautiful as the Imperial Concubine, and my poetry is just average. How could a man not look at the Imperial Concubine but secretly look at me?"

"A man's most valuable skill is self-knowledge. Besides, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."

Gu Chongyi said a few more words, which made Ma Chongyuan's cheeks red. She stamped her feet and wanted to leave. She asked again, "That man must have married a wife, right?"

"No, the Imperial Concubine said that the man was unlucky and had no love for his beloved. A few days after he was rescued from the river, his mother died of illness, and he had to observe mourning for her. Now it seems that you two may actually have some fate. Concubine Ji is very hostile to you. You should have noticed it, right?"

"Nonsense! What kind of fate is this? I haven't hurt her in any way. Isn't this just gloating over her misfortune?"

Gu Chongyi looked at Ma Chongyuan's angry back, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and the smile quickly disappeared.

She looked towards Chengqian Palace and remembered what the Imperial Noble Consort had once said to her.

In fact, she had a premonition a long time ago, didn't she? Now that she had the opportunity to leave the palace, would she go out?

Before Gu Xiaoyu could feel melancholy, Ma Chongyuan came back quickly and whispered a few words in her ear. Gu Xiaoyu had a complicated expression, but she still answered Ma Chongyuan.

"Ah? It's him! No wonder you said you were mourning your mother, and I thought of that unlucky guy."

"What, you know him?"

Ma Chongyuan blushed and waved her hands, saying, "I don't know him! Who would know such a fool like him?"

When Ma Chongyuan really left this time, Gu Xiaoyu chuckled. Did she act as a matchmaker? The majestic emperor sat at the head and asked, "Are you leaving the palace?"