Chapter 100 (2/2)
Amongst the emperor's relatives, there were a couple of madams and young ladies that were picky eaters. However, Ji Man had a very good att.i.tude and she even delivered winter fruit to them after the meal was over. She said these fruit were good for nouris.h.i.+ng their skin. In any case, she was Marquis Moyu's secondary wife. She wasn't some servant girl and she had already worked to this level and done everything for them. No one could say anything bad about her. After all, if they were really told to do this type of work themselves, they wouldn't.
Ji Man had lived on her own in the modern world, so of course she knew how to cook. The people from the palace were accustomed to eating greasy and opulent dishes. After eating Ji Man's fresh and tasty home cooking, many of the womenfolk came to ask Ji Man about the menu after the meal. Ji Man wasn't stingy and gave away detailed recipes to these women. Of course, she had Ning Errong write out the recipes for her.
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After the meal was over, n.o.ble Consort Nie called her over. Holding Sangyu's hand, she joyfully said, ”Even Seventh Master was saying your praises.”
The current emperor had been the seventh prince in his generation.
Ji Man looked at the joy in n.o.ble Consort Nie's eyes and couldn't resist curving her eyes too. ”Sangyu is honored by this privilege.”
”The current you really makes me adore you from the bottom of my heart.” n.o.ble Consort Nie looked at her happily and took off the jasper bracelet she was wearing to give to her. Feeling that this wasn't enough, she turned around, brought back an exquisite earring box, and stuffed it into Nie Sangyu's hand. ”If you had been like this to begin with, I wouldn't have needed to worry about you so much.”
Ji Man felt a bit embarra.s.sed to be given these items. However, since the n.o.ble consort bestowed her these items, her only choice was to accept these items and thank her.
”Ah! Jue-er is the only person I have left to worry over now.” n.o.ble Consort Nie's expression suddenly turned sad. Her eyes held melancholy as she looked at her. ”Sangyu, you haven't forgotten the promise that you made to aunty, right?”
Ji Man was slightly at a loss. She did her best to think and finally remembered a fragmented memory.
In the memory, Nie Sangyu had pleaded with n.o.ble Consort Nie to ask the emperor bestow a marriage. At the time, n.o.ble Consort Nie had said, ”Sangyu, aunty can help you. But, you have to remember that Marquis Moyu isn't an easy person to deal with. Although his heart won't only have love, he'll still have weak spots. After you marry him, you have to do your best to help your older cousin… Do you understand this consort's words?”
At the time, Nie Sangyu was only thinking about her overwhelming desire to marry Marquis Moyu. And so, regardless of whether or not she actually understood, she said she understood.
However, Ji Man understood the meaning of those words very well. n.o.ble Consort Nie had been hoping that Nie Sangyu would be able to capture Marquis Moyu's heart. Afterwards, in consideration towards the friendly feelings between their two families, he would help the third prince in obtaining the throne.
Although the emperor was very healthy right now, there would inevitably be a day when he pa.s.sed away. The crown prince had no self-control. Moreover, he was narrow-minded and definitely wouldn't tolerate n.o.ble Consort Nie and the third prince's continued existence if he became the emperor. n.o.ble Consort Nie was worried about the third prince's future, so she was hoping that Marquis Moyu would give him a helping hand.
However, Ji Man thought that n.o.ble Consort Nie was too naïve. Although Marquis Moyu had a great deal of power under his control, he wasn't a man that could be influenced by women. Look at his relations.h.i.+p with Wen Wan. Although he loved her a lot, he still used little tricks to manipulate her. One moment he was warm towards, the next moment he would act cold towards her until she became as docile as a baby. Moreover, he had always despised Nie Sangyu, so it was even less likely that she would be able influence his actions.
Translator Ramblings: So, we finally found out that Ning Yuxuan was forced into marrying Nie Sangyu. I still think it was wrong of him to treat her so badly, but Nie Sangyu isn't an innocent victim either. Can you really expect someone to treat you well if you force him into marrying you when you knew he didn't like you?