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何为贤妻 To Be A Virtuous Wife Chapter Fifty Three “Road”
OCTOBER 26, 2015WYHCWE28 COMMENTS
For people who wanted to see a picture of He Heng, this one’s the one I like the most (out of the limited number of historical male pictures I have that doesn’t have fantasy elements.) He’s handsome but not the same as He Yuan which was in the text.
This chapter has been brought to you by me, ororomunroe90, and leecherleechleech.
Chapter Fifty Three Road
When Qu Qing Ju visited the Zhong Jing Palace, she had taken many things with her. When she left, she still had many things with her. The bystanders looked on and marveled at the maternal and filial love between Jing guifei and Duan Wang Fei.
Qu Qing Ju looked back at the servants who had accompanied her to the palace. They all had their hands full. She couldn’t help but sigh. From a certain perspective, Jing guifeiwas a really good popo in the Da Long Dynasty. Intelligent, beautiful and she’s able to prioritize what was important. This kind of woman, if she’s placed in a novel, would most definitely be the main character. It was a pity that she had met a man like Qing De Emperor.
Even though she needed to be careful around Jing guifei because her popo was too smart, she still was a much better popocompared to Shu guifeipopo, she would have pushed her to have children immediately rather than telling her not to rush. Even in Qu Qing Ju’s previous life, this kind of conduct wasn’t something many mother-in-laws would do.
But this kind of popo might not like an erxiwho was too intelligent. Their current form of interaction was good enough.
Inside Zhong Jing Palace, Ding mamareturned from seeing Duan wang fei off. Walking in front of Jing guifei, she reported in a small voice: “Niangniang, wang fei has left.”
“En,” Jing guifei nodded. She sighed and remarked, “Heng’er has set his heart on her.” Otherwise, he wouldn’t have implicitly asked her not to make things difficult for Qu Qing Ju.
“It’s a good thing that wang ye and wang fei have deep feelings for each other,” Dingmama came up to massage her shoulders. She said in a light voice, “If it was like the pair at the other fu, wouldn’t they have become a laughingstock of Jing City?”
“You are right,” Jing guifei laughed, “Qu shiis still young. It would be best for her child if she gives birth a year or two from now. If the mother is too young, the child would be born sickly and that would be alarming.” If her son and daughter-in-law were fighting like the pair at Rui Wang Fu, then that would be really worrisome. Her own erxi might be simpleminded and naïve but it was infinitely better than having a wang fei like Qin shi.
“Niangniang is highly principled,” Dingmama said, “It is wang fei’s great fortune to have a popo like you.”
“In the beginning, ben gong didn’t like her unworldliness. But upon closer examination, despite being somewhat stupid, she isn’t disagreeable. As long as they maintain their good relationship, ben gong will not become a villain,” Jing guifeismiled as she shook her head, “But it is remarkable that Heng’er sing her praises to me.”
Ding mama had served Jing guifei for many years and knew that niangniang was very good to wang fei. She naturally followed her lead as her mistress discussed the attributes of wang ye and wang fei. And the fact that niangniang keeps sayingwang fei was stupid … …
Such a stupid wang fei and yet niangniangstill protected her. If that wasn’t affection, then what else could it be?
Not long after Qu Qing Ju came back to thefu, He Heng returned home. When the two met, she first mentioned the gifts that Jingguifei bestowed and sighed in admiration: “Niangniang is so good to wang ye. She remembers you at every turn.”
When He Heng heard this, he smiled and remarked: “Didn’t you already know thatmufei is good to me? Why are you mentioning it today?”
“There is a phrase “love the house so love the crow”. Wang ye is that house, I am that crow,” Qu Qing Ju passed on the words that Jing guifei said to her, “If it wasn’t for wang ye, why else would niangniang care so much for me?”
Hearing that, He Heng couldn’t help but laugh, “You, you.”
Qu Qing Ju heard him laugh in response yet he didn’t confirm nor deny her statement. She smiled as she asked: “It’s still early today. Why don’t I accompany wang ye in playing a match?”
The smile on He Heng’s face instantly froze. He Heng looked at the smiling Qu Qing Ju. Who was really accompanying who?
In the end, He Heng endured the pain as he played one round with Qu Qing Ju. The process was a tragic sight but the ending was very beautiful. As to what kind of beauty, one could examine the evening meal that was eaten two hours later than usual and the hot water that was sent to thezhengyuan soon afterwards.
The Commander of the Imperial Guards was perhaps the busiest person in Jing City over the last two days. He, along with hi