C51 (2/2)

”Greetings, Xia King.” Qin Yan's cheeks were flushed red as she spoke in a weak voice. Hou Qingyu nodded and gave her a gentle smile.

He walked past her. Hou Qingyu did not want to do this, but he had looked at Shui Qiannan for too long. In order to prevent Shui Qiannan from causing unnecessary trouble, he had ordered those women to focus on someone else.

The Xia King smiled at me, and Qin Yan's face turned 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. He patted Hou Qingyu on the shoulder and whispered into Hou Qingyu's ear, ”How is it? Have you taken a fancy to her?”

Hou Qingyu shook his head. Hou Ziming looked at him disapprovingly and said, ”Women only need to be able to see through it. What's important is the background behind them.”

”Thank you, second brother, for your advice. However, Qing Yu still wants to marry a woman of his dreams.” Hou Qingyu looked towards Shui Qiannan as he spoke.

Hou Ziming followed his gaze and saw that there was still Shui Qiannan in the corner of the pavilion. Shui Qinan's current appearance was not the least bit inferior to Shui Qianyu's. Hou Ziming immediately felt uncomfortable.

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

Hou Qingyu was startled. He hid his surprise and asked with a smile, ”What is Second Brother saying?”

”What are you two brothers whispering about?” At this moment, Shui Qianyu interrupted Hou Ziming and Hou Qingyu's conversation with a question. Both of them smiled and said that there was nothing wrong.

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

The empress's body sparkled as she was escorted into the back garden by the crowd. Shui Xin'er was following beside the empress. The empress had a smile on her face the entire time, as if she was very satisfied with Shui Xin.

”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 beckoned for him to come over, ”Qingyu, come over to the empress's place.”

When Hou Qingyu saw Shui Xin standing by the Queen's side, he knew what the Queen wanted to do. Shui Xin'er had obviously dressed up diligently that day, but she was still a thirteen year old girl.

Hou Qingyu walked helplessly in the direction of the empress. ”Imperial Mother, what's wrong?”

”This is the youngest daughter of the Shui family, Shui Xin'er. I believe you know her. Didn't you go back to the capital in the carriage?” The Queen said with a smile.

If Shui Xin'er hadn't told her, she wouldn't have known that Qing Yu and Shui Xin were sitting in the same carriage. So Qingyu had taken a fancy to this little girl. No wonder she said she didn't want to get married yet.

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