The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 32
Chapter 032 Madam Qi Proposed
At this time, Hong Yu and Zi Yan exchanged glances and turned the entire embroidery over.
On the other side of the embroidery was a picture of a sea of clouds and pines. This was actually a double-sided embroidery!
Double-sided embroidery was only popular in Jiangnan in the first two lines, but the embroidery lady who mastered this skill could count with one hand. She did not expect that Second Miss Xiao, who lived in the back of the mansion, would actually know how to embroider it, and it was so exquisite and vivid. It was clearly just embroidery, but it was as if it was a painting of mountains and rivers.
Everyone gathered in front of the embroidery and exclaimed in admiration.
‘”Good! Good! Wei-er is really considerate! How much time will it take for you to embroider such fine embroidery! Good! Good!” The old granny smiled as she looked at the embroidery.
Xiao Xi saw that the old lady was really happy and smiled sweetly. “It’s good that grandmother likes it.”
Mrs. Li saw that the chicken bloodstone she had spent so much money to find did not receive the slightest bit of praise from the old lady. On the contrary, Xiao Xiwei casually embroidered a painting and the old lady praised her repeatedly in front of the madams. She immediately vomited blood from her chest.
Xiao Xi was happy to see everyone holding Xiao Xiwei’s praise. She felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She happened to see Xiao Xichun standing at the side timidly. She sneered and raised her voice, “Big sister’s birthday gift is truly ingenious. Fourth sister, is it your birthday gift?”
Following Xiao Xile’s words, everyone turned their gazes from Xiao Xi Wei’s embroidery to Xiao Xi Chun.
Xiao Xichun’s face turned slightly red as he hurriedly lowered his head and whispered, “I, my birthday present has … already been given to grandmother.”
“Oh? Why is fourth sister afraid that your birthday gift will be seen?” Xiao Xile sneered at Xiao Xichun.
She predicted that this wild girl, who had been chased to the manor by her father since childhood, would not be able to come up with any decent birthday gifts! The face she had lost on Xiao Xiwei must be found on this wild girl!
“What is Second Sister doing? The birthday gift is just a token of gratitude. Fourth Sister has just returned to the manor. I don’t know what grandmother likes, so I sent the birthday gift to grandmother first. Why, isn’t this appropriate?” Xiao Xiwei raised his eyebrows and smiled at Xiao Xi.
“What Xiwei said is right. Is it a birthday gift? The most important thing is your heart. Your heart is better than anything else.” Xiao Min smiled and interrupted.
“Alright! Aren’t you ashamed of yourself today?” The matriarch saw that Xiao Xile did not know how to restrain herself, and immediately became angry.
Xiao Xile suddenly changed. She did not expect the old lady to reprimand her in front of so many madams and young misses. Her face was immediately filled with blood, and her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at Madam Li with grievance.
Mrs. Li’s heart ached and was about to open her mouth to help Xiao Xile out when a servant hurriedly ran in.
“Master, fourth … fourth prince and seventh prince have arrived.”
As soon as the servant’s voice fell, the room became chaotic, and everyone looked out of the door and forgot about it.
Xiao Xiwei’s pupils tightened.
Why did the two of them come together?
Xiao Yan was first surprised, then hurriedly turned around and walked towards the door. Not long after, he saw Fourth Prince Chu Yanzhi and Seventh Prince Chu Xizhi coming together.
Chu Yanzhi and Chu Xizhi were famous royal beauties. One was heroic, the other was evil and charming. Standing together, they were indescribably pleasing to the eye. When they saw the young ladies at the banquet, their faces were red and their ears were red. They all lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Xiao Xiwei subconsciously turned to look at Xiao Xile, but when he looked at the corner of her eyes, he couldn’t help but feel that he was secretly sweeping towards Chu Yanzhi.
It seemed that she was truly devoted to Chu Yanzhi!
“This official greets His Highness the Fourth Prince and His Highness the Seventh Prince.” Xiao Yan hurriedly bowed to the two of them.
“I heard that Old Lady Jun’s birthday is today, so I came here to congratulate her.” Chu Yanzhi smiled at Yan Yan. After saying that, he asked his attendant to send him a congratulatory gift.
Chu Xizhi slightly curled his lips, “This prince has heard someone mention the birthday of the Matriarch today, so let’s join in on the fun.” With that, his long and narrow eyes swept over Xiao Xiwei carelessly. When he saw that her smooth forehead was covered with thick bangs, his eyebrows couldn’t help but raise.
Xiao Yan naturally noticed Chu Xizhi’s gaze, and he couldn’t help but feel delighted in his heart.
It seemed that His Majesty had already mentioned the marriage to the Seventh Prince. Otherwise, why would the well-behaved Seventh Prince come to Marquis Mansion and keep staring at Xiwei?
“Father, why don’t you two go down to the front hall?” Xiao Xiyang also noticed Chu Xizhi’s gaze and hurriedly took a step forward.
The flower hall was filled with women, so it was indeed inappropriate.
Xiao Yan nodded, “Your Highness, please move to the front hall.”
Chu Xi Zhi looked at Xiao Xi Yang and saw that Xiao Xi Yang was facing his eyes without the slightest fear. Instead, there was a trace of intimidation. He couldn’t help but smile, “Young Master Xiao, lead the way!”
Xiao Xiyang was stunned for a moment, then he moved aside and said, “Your Highness, please.”
Chu Xi smiled and strode towards the front hall.
As soon as the male guests left, the madams of the various families began to joke and chat. As they chatted, they brought up the young miss of the Marquis Manor.
Madam Qi smiled sweetly and said, “No, in the blink of an eye, the Le siblings are also outstanding. I wonder which family’s young master will be blessed to be able to marry our Le’er back in the future.”
When Xiao Xile heard Madam Qi’s words, she immediately blushed, “Aunt …”
Mrs. Li also smiled, “Look at sister-in-law’s words. Le’er is still young. I want to keep her for a few more years, but Wei’er will be able to get married soon. I wonder which family’s young master is willing to come and ask for a marriage?”
Hearing this, Xiao Xiwei’s lips curled into an imperceptible sneer.
Looks like Madam Li and Qi shi’s sister-in-law haven’t given up on her yet!
Sure enough, Madam Qi smiled and patted Madam Li’s hand. “Since you said that, then I will shamelessly ask you for this marriage! Xiwei is about the same age as my Po’er, so why don’t we kiss each other? Auntie, what do you think?”
Xiao Xi raised her eyebrows slightly. She did not expect the Qi Clan to be so careless as to speak of this matter.
The matriarch’s expression darkened on the spot, “Xue’e, are you drunk?”
Madam Qi smiled embarrassedly and bowed her head towards the old lady. “Auntie, Po’er grew up after you saw her. Please help the two of them,” she said.
What a fulfillment!
On the surface, it seemed that the Qi Clan was asking to marry the Second Miss of the Marquis Manor for their son, but with this sentence, others thought that Second Miss Xiao had something to do with the Young Master of the Li Clan.
The matriarch did not expect that not only did the Qi Clan not retreat, but they even had the face to climb up. Her expression became even gloomier, “What do you mean by that?”
Madam Qi was shocked. She hurriedly knelt on the ground and said with an embarrassed expression, “Auntie, this … what should I say?”
The more she said this, the more suspicious everyone’s hearts became. All sorts of sizing-up gazes constantly swept across Xiao Xiwei and Madam Qi’s bodies.
Could it be that this Second Miss Xiao really has something to do with the Young Master of the Li Clan?
“Wei’er.” Xiao Min couldn’t sit still any longer, and she turned to Xiao Xiwei and whispered.
Xiao Xiwei stood up and stared down at Madam Qi, coldly saying, “In front of so many madams, aunt should make it clear! No matter how bad I am, I am still the young miss of the Marquis Manor, so I cannot allow this lowly person to gossip here!”
This was the first time Madam Qi had been scolded by such a junior in front of so many people. Her face was unavoidably ugly. “If I really said it out loud, I’m afraid you would be embarrassed …”
Xiao Xi smiled a few times. She walked to the old lady and knelt down. She said loudly, “Grandmother, although Xiwei is young, he understands etiquette and shame!” Aunt’s voice clearly carried a basin of dirty water and poured it on Xiwei’s body. Grandmother, please make the decision for Xiwei! ”
The Matriarch had already known what had happened at the flower appreciation banquet. Now that she saw Xiwei’s calm appearance, the Matriarch felt that Madam Qi’s face was even more hateful!
In front of so many madams, she spoke to ruin Wei’er’s reputation. She was forcing her to promise Wei’er to Li Po!
“La Yue, go and help Second Miss up.” The matriarch spoke coldly, and her cold gaze swept sharply towards Madam Qi. “Our Constabulary’s young miss is not someone who can slander anyone who wants to slander her!”
The sharpness in Old Granny Jun’s words slapped Madam Qi’s face heavily like a slap in the face.
“Aunt, I, how dare I?” Madam Qi’s expression changed. She hurriedly turned around and looked at Xiao Xiwei in embarrassment. “Wei-jie, you … do you really want me to say it?”
Xiao Xiwei raised her eyebrows and said coldly, “If aunt has anything to say, then tell me. This is ambiguous. Others really think that I, Xiao Xiwei, have done something shameful!”
When everyone saw Xiao Xiwei’s calm expression and heard her words, they immediately felt that Madam Li wanted to say something but hesitated. If they looked around, they might have deliberately dragged Second Miss Xiao into the water. Thinking about it, what kind of disciple was the Xiao Clan? What kind of disciple was the Li Clan? How could a dignified young miss of the Constabulary have taken a fancy to the young master of the Li Clan?
“Xiwei, you, how can you say that?” Madam Qi knitted his brows and took a deep breath. “If it weren’t for the fact that you and Po’er were in love, how could I have the face to offend the matriarch and beg for this marriage?”
The moment Madam Qi said those words, she raised her seat in shock.
The madams and young misses below began to discuss.
“Nonsense!” The matriarch raised her hand and threw it. A clear flower porcelain cup smashed towards Madam Qi, causing Madam Qi’s face to turn pale with fright.
“Auntie, I … I’m telling the truth. Otherwise, even if I have a hundred guts, I wouldn’t dare to say that to Auntie!” Madam Qi hurriedly said. Finally, she turned to look at Xiao Xiwei and said, “Wei’er, could it be that you looked at my sect’s younger brother as lowly, so … you despised our family and regretted it?”
Xiao Xiwei sneered a few times, “It’s fine if aunt pours dirty water on me. Why did grandmother and father pour it on me as well? Although my mother went early, grandmother and father taught me to respect and love myself since childhood. How could a dignified daughter-in-law of the Constabulary be engaged to others for a lifetime? Is aunt saying that grandmother and father taught me badly?”
Xiao Xiwei’s words were so eloquent that Madam Qi’s face turned pale.
She didn’t expect that Xiao Xiwei would offend both Old Madam and Xiao Yan with a casual word, but now, she had no other way out.
“Xiwei, I can’t beat you with your sharp tongue, but I have evidence to prove that what I said is true!” Madam Qi gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
