C51 Summer king choosing a consort

There were already many misses of ministers gathered in the backyard of the palace. Shui Qiyu laughed and joked around with them, full of joy and laughter.

"Eh? Little Sister Yu Er, is she your useless young mistress? " One of them, a girl wearing a yellow glass skirt and a plain gold cinnabar hairpin with a cinnabar mole in the corner of her eyes, asked curiously.

"My sister is amazing, don't say that about her, Sister Yan." Shui Qiyu said gently, carefully looking in Shui Qinan's direction as if Shui Qinan would be very angry if she were to hear it.

"Aiya, Little Sister Yu Er, you are so kind." The woman who was called Big Sister Yan by Shui Qiyu said. She looked at Xiao You who was beside Shui Qinan and said, "Is this her child? already this old? "

"Yes, Xiao You is a clever and obedient child, but he did not come from a good family." Shui Qiyu said with a sigh.

Shui Qinan was not far from her, so she could clearly hear her every word. She really could pretend to be good at it, deep down An Lingmin's Successor Disciple.

"Mother, that elder sister is so annoying." Xiao You rolled his eyes at Shui Qiyu, and said with extreme dissatisfaction.

"Mother thinks so too." Shui Qinan looked like she agreed with Xiao You, imitating Xiao You's action of rolling her eyes at him, and immediately made the unhappy Xiao You hehe heh heh.

"Your Highness, it's your Highness!" A wave of noisy voices sounded.

"Zi Ming." Shui Qiyu did not rush in front of Hou Ziming like before. Instead, she only stood up and called out gently when Hou Ziming walked in front of her.

Hou Ziming also noticed the difference that Shui Qiyu had made today. She was dressed in a pink butterfly dress and looked extremely charming.

Seeing this, Hou Ziming's heart trembled, as if there was a ball of flame of desire burning in his body.

"Yu Er is exceptionally beautiful today." Hou Ziming praised as his face reddened and he said softly, "Mn."

"The crown prince is indeed blessed. He is truly a match made in heaven with the second lady of the Shui family." Praising voices continuously sounded out, Shui Qiyu's face was slightly red, with an embarrassed look, she shyly said: "You guys don't need to speak anymore."

"Alright, let's not talk about it anymore. Even Yu Er is embarrassed." Qin Yan was the woman that Shui Qiyu had just called Big Sister Yan.

"Ya, King Xia is here too."

"Little Mei, quickly check if my clothes are still in order."

"I heard that the empress's palace feast this time is for the King Xia to choose a wangfei."

"Really, really?"

"?" Noises rang out when they saw King Xia walking over from afar. Even the usually dignified ladies could not help but discuss amongst themselves. The King Xia was graceful, gentle and kind, he was the dream lover of many women.

The King Xia walked closer and closer, all the sounds of discussion had disappeared, and all the young miss were nervously looking at Hou Qingyu.

How could there be no Shui Xiner at such an occasion? She had long since arrived at the imperial palace, but she first accompanied the empress, saying that it was King Xia choosing an imperial concubine, and not the empress choosing a consort.

Hou Qingyu smiled warmly at the young misses, his gaze turning to Shui Qinan who was sitting in the pavilion and teasing Xiao You.

Shui Qinan was dressed in a blue cheongsam, her long hair casually coiled up, a few strands of hair disobediently falling, dancing in the wind. Her eyes were like lacquer, calm and elegant like an immortal's.

It had been a long time since they had last met, and his love for her had seeped into his bones. Moreover, Shui Qinan's casual appearance had shocked him deeply.

Shui Qinan raised her head indifferently, sweeping across Hou Qingyu's eyes, her gaze sharp. Hou Qingyu knew that Shui Qinan was unwilling to let him greet her.

He retracted his gaze, and looked at the other young misses. With Shui Qinan's strong beauty, the other misses' eyes were exceptionally dim. Unfortunately, he had gotten to know her too late.

"Second brother." Hou Qingyu withdrew the bitterness in his heart and walked towards Hou Ziming.

"Greetings King Xia." Qin Yan's cheeks were flushed red as she spoke in a weak voice. Hou Qingyu nodded and smiled gently to her.

He walked past her. Hou Qingyu originally did not want to do this, but the gazes he shot at Shui Qinan just now were too long. In order to prevent Shui Qinan from causing unnecessary trouble, he let the girls direct their gazes at other people.

King Xia smiled at me, and Qin Yan's face became even redder. The other young mistresses beside her were naturally unwilling, and they coldly snorted.

"With this, you've put second brother down." Hou Ziming laughed heartily, patted Hou Qingyu's shoulders and whispered in his ear: "How is it, have you taken a fancy to it?"

Hou Qingyu shook his head, Hou Ziming did not agree with him: "Women only need to see through it, the most important thing is the background of the girls."

"Thank you second brother for your guidance, but Qing Yu still wants to marry a woman he likes." As Hou Qingyu said that, he couldn't help but look at Shui Qinan.

Hou Ziming looked in the direction of his gaze, and discovered that there was another Shui Qinan in the corner of the pavilion, and her current appearance and temperament was not inferior to Shui Qiyu in the slightest. Hou Ziming immediately felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"You don't like that unmarried trash anymore, do you?" Hou Ziming's gloomy voice sounded beside Hou Qingyu's ears.

Hou Qingyu was shocked, he hid his emotions well and laughed: "What is Second Brother saying?"

"What are you two brothers whispering about?" At this time, Shui Qiyu asked something, and interrupted the conversation between Hou Ziming and himself. They both laughed and said that there was nothing much to it.

"Queen ~ ~" A sharp sound rang in the garden.

was following by the side of the empress's body. The empress had always been smiling at Shui Xiner, as if she was very satisfied with Shui Xiner.

"To attend the empress."

"To participate, Imperial Mother."

A resounding voice rose from the garden as everyone knelt down to pay their respects to the empress. The empress beamed and said, "Rise, everyone. This is a family banquet, there's no need to stand on ceremony."

"Thank you, Empress." Everyone said.

The empress looked at Hou Qingyu and waved his hand for Hou Qingyu to come over, "Qing Yu, come over to my place."

When Hou Qingyu saw Shui Xiner standing next to the empress, he knew what the empress wanted to do. Shui Xiner had obviously dressed up diligently today, but she was still a thirteen year old girl. In the end, she couldn't compare to Shui Qinan's brilliance.

Hou Qingyu helplessly walked towards the direction of the Queen, and said: "Mother, what's wrong?"

"This is the youngest daughter of the Shui Family, Shui Xiner. I believe you know her. The Queen said with a smile.

If Shui Xiner hadn't told her, she wouldn't have known. Turns out Qing Yu was sitting in the same carriage as Shui Xiner. Qing Yu had actually taken a fancy to this little girl. No wonder he said that he did not want to get married.

Shui Xiner was indeed young, but she had good talent and a good family background. The more the empress looked at Shui Xiner, the more satisfied she became.