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Chapter 64.2 - Haven't We Long Been Engaged? (2)
Chapter 64.2 - Haven't We Long Been Engaged? (2)
Chapter 64.2 – Haven’t We Long Been Engaged? (2)
Haven’t We Long Been Engaged? (2)
T/N: Chapter sponsored by Kim and egosumqt! Thank you for sponsoring!
This Qiao Zhu was very familiar with the matters and people of the capital. For her to say Han Ming Yi was like
this, then it probably wasn’t a baseless claim.
“That’s right, speaking of this Ding Wang, the women of Feng Ming both love and fear him. He’s brave and good at
fighting. At fourteen, he enlisted in the military, and went from a foot soldier to climbing step by step to the young
general position. That ability definitely isn’t just a brag. One can tell from all the battles he’s won from leading the
troops. Moreover, he’s handsome and valiant, making many women fall for him!” Qiao Zhu said with a smitten
look, but soon after sighed, “Hai, unfortunately, such an outstanding man unexpectedly doesn’t touch women, it’s
depressing just thinking about it!”
No matter how she imagined, Du Xiao Li was unable to connect the Han Ming Yi from Qiao Zhu’s mouth with the
little boy from the past that got kicked and saved by her, and even helped her plant fruit trees. “Perhaps those are all
just rumors.”
“Definitely not!” Qiao Zhu said, “Last year, Ding Wang went to Eastern Li as a diplomat. The Eastern Li princess,
in front of all the court officials, confessed to him, but he directly rejected without even thinking. Furthermore, he
even said that he’d long been engaged. Someone like Ding Wang, whether or not he was engaged, didn’t everyoneall know. So he certainly must have lied. Afterwards, that night, that princess ran to the inn Ding Wang was staying
at and stripped herself naked, wanting to seduce Ding Wang to ‘cook raw rice into cooked rice’. Hehe, miss, guess
what happened afterwards?”
“A delicious meal delivered to the door, naturally it’s to nicely enjoy.” Du Xiao Li said.
“Wrong!” Qiao Zhu said, “Ding Wang didn’t even give a single glance and directly had Sir Leng Yi use a quilt to
bundle her up and throw her out. At that time, it was early spring, the spring chill was still in the air, tsk tsk, this
Ding Wang doesn’t know how to have tender feelings for the fairer sex. Moreover, I heard that Eastern Li princess
was as delicate as a flower and beautiful like jade. She was the number one beauty of Eastern Li! Such a beauty
stripped her clothes to seduce him and still got viciously thrown out by him, if this Ding Wang doesn’t have a
problem, then what?”
“Oh.” Listening to Han Ming Yi’s embarrassing* matters, the anger in Du Xiao Li’s heart lessened a bit. Could it be
because she heard that he didn’t have any concubines or tongfangs?
(T/N: Although the character translates to embarrassing, a more accurate translations would be ‘matters that can be
described with this face–>?’)
“Younger sister.”
Upon arriving at Jade Bamboo Courtyard’s entrance, Du Xiao Li heard Du Xiu Heng call out to her.
“Big brother.” Seeing Du Xiu Heng, Du Xiao Li’s mood improved quite a bit. She smiled and waved at him.
Despite having arrived in the capital for this many days, she still haven’t had the chance to properly talk with Du
Xiu Heng.
“Younger sister, I heard the emperor bestowed another marriage to you?” Du Xiu Heng walked over and asked.
Remembering this, Du Xiao Li felt annoyed again and pouted her mouth, “Isn’t it just someone who has too much
free time? Anyways, I don’t want to talk about this now. Big brother, how about I take you to see the estate?”
“Alright, since you don’t want to say, we won’t talk about this now.” Du Xiu Heng said. He knew she has always
been very opinionated. Perhaps this was because she was from another world. In the beginning, he’d thought about
finding a good family for her, but very soon he learned, her matters can only be decided by her alone. Else, that
wasn’t loving her, but rather hurting her.
“Let’s go.” Du Xiao Li let Xia Yuan go get her silver needles, and then let Ying Ge go bring Silver and Gold
together too.
Du Xiu Heng rode on horseback, while Du Xiao Li let Du Yun Han find two horse carriages for her. She and Xia
Yuan, as well as Silver, sat in the front carriage, while Gold, Ying Ge, and Qiao Zhu sat in the back. After informing
Du Yun Han, the party thus headed out of town.
(T/N: TBH sometimes I feel rather than a father, Du Yun Han is like a new subordinate…)
As soon as Du Xiao Li’s horse carriage went out, the commoners of the city immediately recognized and pointed to
the horse carriage.
Speaking of which, Du Xiao Li right now can also be considered quite famous in the capital. Before even reaching
the capital, rumors regarding her were already flying all over. In Laifu Inn, when Du Yun Han personally went to go
pick her up, rumors of her being favored flew all over. But the next day, during the Feng Xue Lou gathering,
everyone all learned that she didn’t know any talents. Soon after, the news of the army’s return temporarily
suppressed her rumors, but then in a blink of an eye, first getting rejected by Ren Wang, then getting bestowed
another marriage by the emperor, the news spread one after the other. Quite a few people all sighed at how this Du
family’s third miss really was a headline maker!
However a country girl matched with the women hater Ding Wang, there will definitely be a lot more gossip in the
future!
Du Xiao Li never thought that after coming to the capital there would be this many rumors about her. Fortunately,
she’s never cared about these. Else, she would really be depressed to death.
The horse carriage took them out of the city, heading directly towards the estate. By the time they reached the estate,
it was already noon. Immediately seeing there was grapes, Silver and Gold ran down, bolting into the grape
vineyard. Luckily the grape racks were all built rather tall, so she wasn’t worried about them damaging the grapes.
“Awoo—” Silver called out towards Du Xiao Li’s horse carriage, then immediately squeezed into the vineyard.
“Miss.” Hearing the horse carriage and wolf howl, the steward Xie Hen lead some people to welcome them at the
entrance.
Du Xiao Li got down from the horse carriage and looked to Xie Hen asking, “Is there anyone in the vineyard? Silver
and Gold went inside.”
“Replying to miss, right now, everyone has all come out, no one should be inside.” Xie Hen replied.
“Then that’s good. This is my older brother, Du Xiu Heng.” Du Xiao Li pointed to Du Xiu Heng, who’s already
descended his horse.
“Young master.” Xie Hen lead the people in bowing to Du Xiu Heng.
“Suddenly coming over today, there really isn’t anything important, just came for a stroll.” Du Xiao Li’s party
headed towards the house.
“Aunt Mi just happens to be making lunch right now. I’ll go let them prepare some for miss and young master.” Xie
Hen said”Okay.” Du Xiao Li said with a smile.
Xie Hen let the servant boy at his side go inform the kitchen, when he accompanied Du Xiao Li in touring the
courtyard.
Last time when she came, it was at night, and the next day she had to leave in a hurry and didn’t get to properly look
at this courtyard and the gardens outside. She heard that Xie Hen and them, aside from planting grapes, also planted
persimmons and other fruits. Unfortunately, tangerines couldn’t grow in the north and could only be left at Du
village.
After walking for a while, Du Xiao Li let Xie Hen go take care of his matters in the estate, while she and Du Xiu
Heng walked around in the courtyard.
“Big brother, this place is near the mountain areas, so the temperature is much cooler than the capital. Later, when it
gets warmer, we can come here to avoid the summer heat.” Du Xiao Li looked around. The estate was right below
the mountain. She heard that near the capital there was a several hundred kilometer long mountain range, called
Swallow Mountain Range. This place should be at the foot of Swallow Mountain.
“Younger sister, you’re really impressive now, making me feel very ashamed. All these years, I’ve never properly
taken care of you, letting you work hard.” Du Xiu Heng said.
“Big brother is thinking of these again. Your existence and the family love and warmth you’ve given me is my
greatest fortune.” Du Xiao Li said, “Right now, you just need to properly study, and then next year participate in the
imperial exam!”
“En, I definitely won’t disappoint younger sister’s expectations!” Du Xiu Heng nodded and said in a serious tone,
“But, are you really planning on marrying Ding Wang?”
T/N: Sorry for delay, I’m slightly down with a cold so after finishing the rest of the sponsored chapters up until now,
I won’t be doing anymore sponsored chapters until next week. I’ll still update with regular chapters, just any
sponsored chapters will be pushed to next week.