When Mu Mingtang got up the next day, she realized that she still didn't have a dressing table.
Sure enough, she couldn't count on the Jiang family's maidservants. Those two maidservants were said to be her dowry, but in fact, they were there to monitor her. However, after coming to Prince Qiyang's Mansion, Mu Mingtang couldn't leave the main hall for the whole day, and the two maidservants didn't dare to come in. They took Madame Jiang's money and didn't have to serve Mu Mingtang. How could she expect them to be obedient?
Mu Mingtang sighed and casually tied her hair into a bun. Her wedding didn't live up to its name. She was so perfunctory on the wedding day, so naturally, she didn't have any of that. It was also good that she didn't have to pay attention to etiquette. Otherwise, with her current appearance, she really couldn't meet people.
However, Mu Mingtang didn't intend to put up with it forever. No matter what the situation was, she had to live her life by herself. Others could trap her, but if she also lived her life in a perfunctory manner, then she would be truly trapped.
After Mu Mingtang tidied her hair and tidied herself up, the first thing she did was to go to the bedchamber and greet Hsieh Hyun-chen, "Your Highness, good morning."
If she didn't talk to anyone for a long time, she would sooner or later get sick. Mu Mingtang had no choice but to treat Hsieh Hyun-chen as a normal person. She greeted him in the morning and evening, and told him about the daily menu. After Mu Mingtang wiped Hsieh Hyun-chen's face and changed his dressing, the person who delivered the food also came. The breakfast in the Prince Qiyang's Mansion was very particular. Mu Mingtang ate a lot of beautiful pastries until she couldn't eat anymore. Then, she put away the lunch box and walked outside.
She had to find a way to go out today, or at least find herself a mirror.
Sure enough, she was stopped by the imperial bodyguard at the door. Mu Mingtang had experience, so she wasn't afraid of him at all. She even dared to bargain, "Sir, I know you have official business and can't let me leave. However, I'm not going out. I'm just going to Qingxin Hall to find my dowry. Although the main hall of the Prince Qiyang's Mansion is well-equipped, there was no mistress before, and there wasn't even a dressing table. My clothes and jewelry are all in the dowry. You can't let me live on this set of clothes for the rest of my life, right? "
Yesterday, Mu Mingtang couldn't find any female clothes, so she had to wear her wedding dress. Obviously, she couldn't continue like this. No matter what, she needed to get her dowry.
Not only that, she had to fight, but she had to fight't's's's.
The guard captain was speechless. Their target was Prince Qiyang, not the Princess Consort. If Mu Mingtang went out for a short while, as long as she didn't leave the residence, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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It would be a waste not to use able-bodied men. Why should he be polite with them?
Mu Mingtang had been poor before, so she valued money more than her life. She had already kept the list of dowry and even carried the key with her. It was absolutely impossible for a dowry servant girl to bully the master and take advantage of the dowry.
Mu Mingtang had always had a good memory when it came to money. She quickly found the dressing table. Mu Mingtang's original plan was to choose a small and compact one. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to fit it in her cubicle. However, in order to make it look good, the Jiang family's furniture was very tall and grand. The dressing table in the dowry was a little too big.
Mu Mingtang was not allowed to leave the residence, so he had no right to be picky. He could only bite the bullet and accept it. Mu Mingtang's original intention was for the two of them to carry the clothes out together. In the end, the two of them looked at each other and insisted that one of them carry the things while the other stayed behind to guard.
Alright, since it wasn't Mu Mingtang doing the work, she didn't have any objections. The soldiers moved her clothes several times and finally finished moving them. Mu Mingtang then ordered them to move the dressing table. She followed the two of them out and locked the door before walking towards Jade Qilin Hall.
When Mu Mingtang walked closer, she discovered that her mahogany chests were all piled up in front of the door. They were actually so afraid of Hsieh Hyun-chen that they didn't even dare to enter the hall. Mu Mingtang was speechless. She directly looked at their leader, the head imperial bodyguard, "Daren, you piling things up in front of the door. Could it be that you intend for me to move them?"
The head imperial bodyguard also felt awkward. He coughed and said, "This humble one doesn't dare. I'll have to trouble Princess Consort to lead the way. "
Mu Mingtang snorted and turned to push open the door. She took two steps and impatiently turned back to urge them, "Hurry up. What are you standing there for?"
Mu Mingtang clearly saw everyone take a deep breath before moving the furniture in pairs. There was even a group of people who pulled out their swords and escorted their comrades who were carrying the things into the hall. Mu Mingtang snorted and disdainfully said, "Look at your courage. Even Sesame has more courage than you!"
Being disdained by a young woman in front of everyone, everyone felt awkward. But no matter how awkward it was, they didn't dare put down the swords in their hands.
Mu Mingtang's original intention was to put the dressing table in her own little room, but after entering the hall, everyone was clearly walking towards Hsieh Hyun-chen's direction. Mu Mingtang immediately reacted. That's right, she was the Princess Consort. She should be sleeping with Hsieh Hyun-chen.
This time, it was Mu Mingtang's turn to feel awkward. She couldn't say that she was sleeping separately from Hsieh Hyun-chen. She could only gloomily watch as several tall and strong bodyguards carried the dressing table and boxes to the innermost part of the hall. After carefully placing them next to Hsieh Hyun-chen's bed, they immediately jumped up as if their feet were scalding hot. In an orderly manner, they covered each other as they left the bedroom. She didn't even have time to say anything before the soldiers closed the door.
… … They ran so fast. Mu Mingtang gloomily looked at the tall and sturdy dressing table and boxes. She then gestured with her small arms and helplessly admitted that with just her own strength, she definitely wouldn't be able to move such heavy things.
The clothes were easy. She could carry them back to her own space, but what about the dressing table?
Could it be that she would have to do her makeup in front of Hsieh Hyun-chen every day in the future?
Mu Mingtang was really depressed. But no matter what, her hair still needed to be combed. Mu Mingtang sat in front of the dressing table. She could even see Hsieh Hyun-chen's face in the mirror.
For the sake of ventilation, Mu Mingtang hung up all the curtains on the first night she moved in. Hsieh Hyun-chen's bed curtains were also left open all day long. Mu Mingtang felt extremely awkward. If Hsieh Hyun-chen opened his eyes, wouldn't he be able to see her face?
She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but when she thought about it, she really felt that Hsieh Hyun-chen was about to open his eyes. Mu Mingtang jumped in fright. She didn't even care about her hairpin and hurriedly turned around to look at Hsieh Hyun-chen.
Hsieh Hyun-chen was still sleeping peacefully. Just by looking at his sleeping face, it was as beautiful as a painting.
Mu Mingtang stared at him for a long time. She felt that perhaps she had been alone for too long and was feeling a little paranoid. She turned around and continued to fix the unfinished hairpin. Then she inserted the hairpin into the comb, tassels, and beaded flowers.
In the past, to imitate Jiang Mingwei, Mu Mingtang could only use silk flowers, ribbons, and other such jewelry. Beautiful gemstone hairpins could only be seen but not touched. Now that she had a large box of jewelry, she could finally choose sparkling jewelry to her heart's content.
Mu Mingtang picked carefully. Later on, she was completely immersed in the selection and completely forgot about the existence of the outside world. When she finished dressing up, she was so happy that she couldn't help but look at herself in the mirror. At this time, she had completely forgotten about Hsieh Hyun-chen.
After dressing up, Mu Mingtang was obviously in a good mood. She hummed a song as she organized the clothes in the rosewood box into the closet in her cubicle. Even when she was feeding lunch, she was clearly in a good mood.
In the afternoon, everything was done. With money in her hands, Mu Mingtang slowly began to think about how to nourish Hsieh Hyun-chen's body.
The kitchen didn't know that she had fed her porridge to Hsieh Hyun-chen, so the liquid food that was sent over was the most common. It was fine for ordinary people to drink it, but if it was to be fed to a patient, it couldn't be so casual.
Unfortunately, she couldn't leave the residence, so the task of going out to buy things fell to the imperial bodyguards outside. Although military orders were like mountains, there was also a saying that money could make the devil turn millstones. While the head imperial bodyguard wasn't paying attention, she might be able to give it a try.
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Mu Mingtang sat under the sun and slowly peeled almonds. She had used a jade hairpin as a price to ask a bodyguard to buy these nuts as snacks.
The head imperial bodyguard didn't allow Mu Mingtang to leave Jade Qilin Hall, so Mu Mingtang secretly bribed the other bodyguards and asked them to buy snacks outside. Mu Mingtang only said that she was bored and wanted to eat some snacks to pass the time. She was only fifteen years old and looked about the same age as their younger sister, but she was going to spend the rest of her life in captivity. Even if the bodyguards were under military orders, it was inevitable that they would feel sympathy.
The most important thing was that a jade hairpin was more expensive than a nut. Since Mu Mingtang gave them the hairpin, it was impossible for her to ask for change. A jade hairpin of good quality and dark green could be pawned for a lot of money, and how much could a handful of fried nuts be sold for?
Just like that, Mu Mingtang received the snacks outside. Mu Mingtang definitely didn't go through so much trouble for herself. She planned to grind these almonds and hazelnuts and mix them into the porridge to feed Hsieh Hyun-chen in the future.
Hsieh Hyun-chen had slept for a long time and didn't see the sun all year round, so she urgently needed nourishment. However, Mu Mingtang didn't dare to ask the bodyguards to buy her eggs, goat's milk, and other things. It was too obvious. She was afraid that her actions would be discovered by outsiders, so she could only start with nuts and slowly nourish Hsieh Hyun-chen's body.
Peeling hazelnuts and almonds required patience. Mu Mingtang was peeling the shells when she suddenly heard movement at the door. She thought it was the person delivering food, so she didn't even raise her head and said, "Leave it at the door. I'll be right there."
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, she was still puzzled as to why the person delivering food would come so quickly today. However, after she finished speaking, there was no response from the door for a long time. Mu Mingtang suddenly felt that something was wrong. She abruptly raised her head and discovered that Xie Xuanji had unknowingly stood at the door and was looking at her with an indiscernible expression.
Mu Mingtang's fingers subconsciously clenched, but then she calmly exposed the shells of the nuts on the table. For Xie Xuanji to appear here, he most likely already knew about her little trick. No matter how much she tried to hide it, it was useless.
Mu Mingtang wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, then she unhurriedly stood up and said, "So it's Prince Jin. This concubine didn't know and didn't welcome you."
Xie Xuanji walked into the main hall. When he saw the surrounding decorations, he secretly frowned. He didn't know if he was frowning because of the lifeless atmosphere of Jade Qilin Hall, or because even in this kind of environment, Mu Mingtang was unperturbed.
The bodyguards were scared to death and didn't dare to take a single step into the main hall. Xie Xuanji didn't seem to have such misgivings. He stopped in front of Mu Mingtang and looked at the large pile of nuts in front of her. He asked, "Where did you get these?"
"Don't you know where they came from, Prince Jin?" Mu Mingtang didn't seem flustered at all. She wrapped the peeled nuts in a piece of paper and said, "I stay indoors all day and can't even go out for a breath of fresh air. I just want to eat some fruits. Is it against the law? "
Xie Xuanji didn't go so far as to denounce her for such a trivial matter. As long as Mu Mingtang was alive and brought into the Prince of Qiyang's residence, their goal would be achieved. As for what would happen to Mu Mingtang, the Emperor didn't care much.
Mu Mingtang had only asked someone to go out of the residence and buy some nuts. In fact, it wasn't a big deal. If it wasn't for the fact that the steward of the Prince's residence had presented something to Xie Xuanji, Xie Xuanji wouldn't have specially come to see Mu Mingtang today.
He saw that Mu Mingtang was still muddle-headed and didn't know what was going on. He endured his displeasure and took out something from his sleeve. He stretched out his hand and spread it in front of Mu Mingtang, "What's the matter with this?"
Mu Mingtang lowered her head and glanced at it. It was the jasper hairpin that Mu Mingtang had given away as a bribe. Sure enough, the bodyguard pawned the hairpin.
Mu Mingtang couldn't directly bribe the bodyguard with money, so she could only use jewelry to bribe the bodyguard. In any case, she didn't like these elegant and simple jewelry. Wouldn't it be just right to give it away as a favor? She couldn't bear to give away those shiny gold hairpins.
This style was what Jiang Mingwei liked. The dowry that the Jiang fu prepared was naturally prepared according to Jiang Mingwei's preferences. Therefore, Mu Mingtang also had a lot of light and elegant jewelry. Mu Mingtang only swept a glance before withdrawing her gaze and saying, "That's right, it's mine. It's only right and proper for me to dispose of my own dowry. Does Prince Jin even want to care about this? "
Xie Xuanji held back his anger and said, "Even if you're angry, you can't ruin your own dowry. You used to like this hairpin so much, but now you're selling it for a bit of food? "
Mu Mingtang was simply baffled, "I don't like it. Can't I sell it for food?"
"You're still stubborn." Xie Xuanji looked at Mu Mingtang. He wanted to say something but hesitated. His gaze was heavy, "After marrying him, you've already been wronged to this extent. It's just a few snacks, yet you still need to sell your dowry. "
"I really don't like it!" Mu Mingtang felt wronged, "I already said that I don't like it. If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't easy for the craftsmen to carve jade, I would have thrown it away. To be able to exchange it for food is already making the best use of it. Besides, you were the one who married me to your older brother. Don't you know why I can't go out? "
Xie Xuanji still didn't believe her. He sighed and said, "As expected, you're still blaming me. Prince Jin's fu is close to the Prince of Qiyang's fu. You can enter Prince Jin's fu garden from the small door on the east side. If you have anything you want in the future, you can come find me. "
Mu Mingtang's face suddenly sank. She stared at Xie Xuanji and suddenly sneered, "Oh, what does Prince Jin mean? Your sweetheart is back, and you're in high spirits after meeting your old love again. Now you feel pity for the substitute that you abandoned? I'm your sister-in-law. Now that your older brother is seriously ill in bed, you want me to go to Prince Jin's Mansion. What do you mean? "
Xie Xuanji seemed to smile. He took a step forward and immediately closed the distance between the two of them, "Do you really think that after that nondescript wedding, you're my sister-in-law? I was the one who bowed in the first half of the wedding. "
"Bowing in the first place is also a substitute." Mu Mingtang immediately wanted to retreat. However, she didn't manage to avoid Xie Xuanji and almost fell down in a hurry. Xie Xuanji grabbed Mu Mingtang. Mu Mingtang found that the distance between the two of them was even closer. She panicked. As soon as she steadied herself, she threw Xie Xuanji's hand away, "Bastard, let go of me!"
Mu Mingtang thought that Xie Xuanji wouldn't dare to do anything in broad daylight. However, when she looked up, she found that the door had been closed at some point. The spacious hall was empty except for the two of them.
Mu Mingtang's heart turned cold. She quickly struggled out of Xie Xuanji's hand and took a few steps back, "Xie Xuanji, I'm your sister-in-law. Are you going to disregard human relations?"
"Do you really take this marriage seriously?" Xie Xuanji chuckled, "He's already unconscious. He can't do anything even if he wants to. What can you do if you follow him? If you know what's good for you, you'll know what to do. "
"What should she do?"
Xie Xuanji and Mu Mingtang were both shocked. They quickly turned around and found that there was the sound of something heavy hitting the edge of the bed in the innermost bedroom.
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