Chapter 95: Second Female Lead, Third Miss of the Wang Family
It was only when Lu Ji accompanied Qin Xiaoning to the street that he fully understood the pain that Sui Feng had said yesterday was more tiring than riding a horse for three days and three nights.

This little thing looks delicate and soft. It will be too tired to get up after going to bed more than twice. But when it goes shopping, it is like a chicken with blood, full of energy, as if it will never get tired.

Lu Ji, a general who can travel hundreds of miles at night, is really not as strong as her when walking on the street.

Seeing the little girl as excited as a bird out of a cage, although Lu Ji was tired, he didn't want to spoil her interest, so he patiently accompanied her shopping until noon. Then he couldn't bear it any longer. The key point was that she bought too many things, silk fabrics, jewelry, all kinds of fun little things, big and small bags, piles and piles. Yesterday, eight hands helped her carry them, but today there was only one pair of his hands, and he really couldn't carry it all.

"How about, let's just call it a day today." After enduring for a long time, Lu Ji finally spoke.

Qin Xiaoning raised her eyes and looked at Lu Ji. The man had sweat on his forehead and looked tired and discouraged.

Humph! I didn't expect you would get tired sometimes.

Usually, she was always exhausted by him. Seeing him like this today, Qin Xiaoning couldn't help laughing in her heart, but asked with concern: "Are you tired, my dear?"

Lu Ji would naturally not admit it. He raised his hand and lifted the large and small bags in his hand: "I can't carry it anymore."

He coaxed her again, "If you still don't like it, I'll accompany you out again tomorrow."

Qin Xiaoning said virtuously, "Since you are tired, let's go back."

As she spoke, she took the smallest bag from his hand and walked back, while she couldn't help looking around at the hustle and bustle on the street.

Finally returning to the carriage, Lu Ji first piled the things on the carriage, then carried Qin Xiaoning in his arms and sat on it. Then, he stepped into the carriage with his long legs, and after sitting for a while, he was so tired that he leaned against the wall and fell asleep.

When they returned to the mansion, as soon as they got off the carriage, Desheng and his wife came out to greet them.

Desheng reported to Lu Ji, "My Lord, the eldest son of the Wang family of Jinling has come to Pucheng with his grandmother and the third daughter."

The Jinling Wang family mentioned by Desheng is the lady’s maiden family.

Jinling is only a dozen miles away from here. Yesterday, the Wang family sent their servants to bring a message saying that the eldest son of the Wang family was coming to visit Lu Ji.

Lu Ji nodded: "Are all the Wang family members in the mansion?"

Desheng replied, "The eldest son is waiting for the prince in the mansion. The eldest grandmother and the third young lady went to the Zhou family. They heard that the old lady of the Zhou family was ill, so the eldest grandmother brought the third young lady to visit the old lady of the Zhou family."

The Zhou family is the maternal home of the eldest son and third daughter of the Wang family. It can be seen that the grandmother and the third daughter followed the eldest son here to visit their maternal grandmother.

Lu Ji nodded upon hearing this, and then instructed Amber, "Take Ah Ning back to rest first." He then turned around and told the little girl, "You've been out and about for two days, take a good rest. If I'm free tomorrow, I'll take you out to play."

The little girl nodded obediently, and followed Amber back to the inner house.

Amber and Songzhi began to pack up the things Qin Xiaoning had bought. Songzhi was busy with her hands, but asked Amber, "I just heard the maid outside say that the third young lady of the Wang family is very beautiful. Sister went out to greet the guests just now. Did you see her in person?"

"I saw her." Amber put down the work she was doing and replied with a smile, "Speaking of the Third Miss of the Wang family, she is a first-rate beauty. Just now, the eldest son of the Wang family and his group came over, and my husband and I went out to greet them. I only saw her for a moment, and my God! I was so shocked that I couldn't recover for a long time. Oh my god, it's just like the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens descended to the earth."

When Songzhi heard this, he also put down his work and asked, "How can it be so beautiful? It's more beautiful than An Ning?"

Hearing this, Amber glanced at Qin Xiaoning who was removing her makeup in front of a diamond-shaped mirror, and replied, "Everyone has their own beauty, there is no way to compare them." Then, she smiled faintly, "In short, the Wang family girl and Qin girl are both first-class beauties, both of them are the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady incarnated on earth, I can't compare them." Songzhi asked again, "She is so beautiful and has a good family background, sister, do you know if she is engaged to someone?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaoning also turned around and her eyes unconsciously fell on Amber.

Amber looked around and lowered her voice and said, "I heard that when the former queen was seriously ill, it was said that the saint intended to marry the queen's sister as his successor. But later, I don't know what happened. I heard that the wife of the Wang family went to the palace to visit her daughter, and the Wang family gave up the idea of ​​sending their daughter to the palace again."

The saint's deceased former queen was also a daughter of Wang from Langya, and was the eldest sister of the third lady of the Wang family.

Not only did the saint's empress come from the Wang family of Langya, but since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, three of the empresses of the five generations of emperors were daughters of the Wang family of Langya.

Therefore, there is a rumor among the people that in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the surname Zhao accounted for six-tenths of the people and the surname Wang for four-tenths.

The Wang family has been royal wives for generations, and the royal children all have the blood of the Wang family of Langya flowing in their veins.

Songzhi listened to Amber's words and was full of suspicion: "Since the Saint intends to marry Wang's daughter again, why is the Wang family unwilling to send their daughter to the palace?" Then he said with regret: "She will be the queen, the most noble woman in the world. Could it be that the third lady doesn't like her?"

"That's impossible." Amber said, "Even if the Third Miss doesn't want to, Wang's family still has so many girls of the right age. If this one doesn't want to, there are always others."

Then he waved his hand and said, "Who can tell clearly about the affairs of the Heavenly Family?"

When Qin Xiaoning heard Amber mention the third daughter of the Wang family, she couldn't help but ask, "I remember that the eldest branch of the Wang family has three daughters. The eldest daughter entered the palace, and the second daughter, was she betrothed to the prince?"

Amber was surprised when she heard this: "Miss Qin also knows this?"

Then he asked, "Did the prince tell you that?"

Qin Xiaoning shook her head: "No, I heard it from the old man in the mansion."

Amber smiled and said, "I told you, when the prince was engaged to the second daughter of the Wang family, you hadn't come to the mansion yet, so how could you know?"

He added, "Don't mention you. I was only a teenager at that time, but I did see the second daughter of the Wang family. She was also beautiful, good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was a rare beauty."

Then, she sighed and said, "What a pity! Beauty is envied by heaven. Such a good person died of illness less than half a year after being engaged to the prince. Alas!"

Qin Xiaoning asked Humber: "You were serving beside the prince at that time. Do you remember how the prince treated the second daughter of the Wang family?"

Amber was stunned by the question, then she smiled and said jokingly: "Miss Qin, you won't be jealous of this, right?"

"That's not the case." Qin Xiaoning smiled faintly: "I wasn't by his side at that time. Besides, he's gone now, how can I care about this?"

Amber smiled and said, "I told you, Miss Qin is not a fool." She added, "Although they were engaged, the prince was only a teenager at the time. What did he know? I don't remember how the prince treated the second lady of the Wang family."

Then he joked to Qin Xiaoning: "Don't worry, young lady. In this world, apart from you, there is probably no other woman who can attract the prince."

After hearing this, Songzhi said confidently, "Sister Amber is right. Our Ning has been with the prince since she was young. She was raised by the prince with his arms and legs. No matter who she is, she can't compare to him."

(End of this chapter)