The Lucky Heiress

Chapter 539: Chapter 539 King Jing’s Wedding_1

Every time someone from the third family was mentioned, she was filled with anger.

“Will this… have a big impact?” Wei Mingyong couldn’t help but ask.

“I’m even worried about managing this year’s and next year’s expenses, what do you think?”

“Is it that serious? What shall we do? I was thinking of getting you to take out some silver to do some charity work alongside Queen Rui, to help recover our reputation! You have no idea, the people in the city are full of praise for Queen Rui!” Wei Mingyong said.

“That’s Wei Qingruo! She holds a grudge like no other! With how things turned out last time, would she still want to have anything to do with me?”

“But we’re all family! In any case, she didn’t suffer any harm from that incident, it was the Concubine of King Jing who ended up unlucky, right?”

“Well, why don’t you go and tell that to Wei Qingruo, what good does telling me do? Can she even listen to us?”

“Ah, had I known that she was this powerful, we really shouldn’t have gotten on her bad side!” Wei Mingyong couldn’t help but regret it.

When he first met Wei Qingruo, he was prejudiced against her, thinking that a girl who had been raised in the countryside would undoubtedly be crude and shallow-minded.

But who would have expected that this girl was far more capable than he ever imagined, surprising people one after another and becoming a prominent figure in the Capital City.

“Now you know! If you had gotten along better with Wei Qingruo earlier, it wouldn’t have come down to me having to cozy up to her and getting nowhere! Now we have achieved nothing despite all our efforts!”

“You’re one to talk, you’ve done a lot worse than me, I simply made a few remarks, you literally tried to poison her, making it public knowledge, causing a rift between us and the third family, costing me my position and making me a laughingstock!”

“Don’t blame it all on me, I asked for your advice before I did it, and back then you were praising me for my brilliant idea!”

“How was I to know that you are such a fool that you would expose yourself? I thought that, whether you succeeded or not, you would at least be able to make a clean getaway.” Wei Mingyong explained.

“And you? What have you accomplished? You went out of your way to curry favor with Qi Yansong, and now in a few days, Qi Yansong is bound to be executed!”

Madam Bai was extremely upset. She had gone to great lengths to curry favor with Wei Qingwan, even resorting to such despicable methods, all for the sake of pleasing Wei Qingwan.

But now, Wei Qingwan turned out to be useless. After some thought, it seemed that it would have been more beneficial to have gotten along with Wei Qingruo.

Even though King Rui has no hope of becoming the emperor in the future, the life of Queen Rui is certainly better than that of the neglected, and potentially worsening situation of the Concubine of King Jing!

Wei Mingyong and Madam Bai argued back and forth for a long time without reaching a conclusion.

In the end, they could only watch envy as the third family prospered, while they gained nothing.

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Anxin Pavilion.

Madam Yun leant against the couch, with Cuiping massaging her head from behind.

The income from her store and estate was not good this year. Fortunately, her husband and son both received a good salary and had rewards, so she didn’t need to worry about financial problems.

The only thing that made her sad was that she had sent a note to King Rui’s Residence yesterday, hoping to see Ruoruo, but was refused due to Queen Rui being busy.

“Madam, are you still worried about the lady refusing to see you?” Cuiping asked.

“As for Ruoruo, I really don’t know what to do.” Madam Yun sighed.

“The lady might really be busy. I have heard that she has accomplished quite a bit recently, and many people are begging to see her.” Cuiping said.

Cuiping’s words didn’t bring much comfort.

Because even if there were many things to be busy with, and many people to see, Madam Yun was her biological mother, and she should be the highest priority.

“That child has been passionate about saving people since she was in Xingshan County, and she’s good at it, which has proven very useful in these chaotic times. But she is indeed a bit too stubborn.” Madam Yun said reflectively.

“Madam, why don’t you wait a bit longer, and seek her out once she’s less busy.” Cuiping suggested.

Madam Yun nodded slightly: “Well, wait a bit longer.”

Madam Yun motioned with her hand: “Have someone send an invitation to King Rui’s residence again.”

“Understood.”

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10th of November.

The great wedding of King Jing.

Recently, so many things have happened that everyone almost forgot that King Jing had also decided to get married this year.

The wife he intended to marry was Zuo Lingyue, the highly-educated daughter of Imperial Academician Zuo Yuanzhou.

She was a well-known talented woman in the capital, graceful, virtuous, and talented.

Although the Emperor’s intention was not to hold a big celebration, in reality, the people attending the wedding of Chu Lan were more numerous than those who had attended Chu Heng’s half a year ago.

With the current clear political climate, the Qi Family was overthrown, Chu Heng lost ninety percent of his chances of winning, and the person most likely to ascend the throne was Chu Lan. How could they miss the future Emperor’s wedding?

Of course, King Rui’s Residence had received the invitation, but Wei Ruo sent someone to give gifts and congratulations in her stead, citing her busy schedule.

No one disputed this, as everyone knew how busy Wei Ruo was.

At the same time, everyone was more certain that King Rui’s Residence only focused on their own affairs. They were not close to either King Jing or King Jing and did not participate in the power struggles within the court.

In the evening.

The red candles flickered within King Jing’s Residence.

Chu Lan, dressed in wedding attire, entered the bridal chamber.

Looking at the bride sitting in front of the bed in her wedding dress, Chu Lan didn’t know why his heart lacked joy.

He had always been indifferent to his own wedding. He knew that when it came to marriage, his position left him no choice.

He had thought it wouldn’t matter who he married, but now, a certain figure kept appearing in his mind.

He knew that she hadn’t come to his residence today, which was within his expectations.

He could even guess what she was doing these days.

But why was it that on his wedding night, he longed to see her so much?

Xu Heyou, Wei Qingruo…

Wei Qingruo, Xu Heyou…

These two people were already mixed up in his heart, even if there was no clear evidence to prove it at the moment.

But the more he understood Wei Qingruo, the more certain he was that they were the same person.

She would unhesitatingly save the innocent victims of the disaster, just like Xu Heyou had unhesitatingly saved him when his face was ruined and his identity unknown…

Why hadn’t he noticed this earlier?

In his memory, the Wei Qingruo he saw was always looking down, never daring to look directly at him.

He thought she was timid and shy.

But as he thought about it now, it turned out that she was intentionally avoiding him. She was never a person who was easily intimidated.

If he had discovered this earlier, would he have had the chance to marry her before King Rui?