Second Marriage

Once it was autumn in the capital, the weather gradually became cold, and the servant changed Xiao Youning’s dresses into thicker ones.

Yuan Guo picked out an aqua colored dress embroidered with yellow jasmine flower and helped her change her clothes.

Once she had it on, they both examined it. They realized that her pink embroidered shoes with lotuses were showing. The length of the dress was quite short.

“Young Miss has grown taller this year. This was made last fall, and you only wore it once.” Yuan Guo smiled in surprise and took another look again.

The Young Miss not only grew, she stands taller, her waist slimmer, and her chest fuller.

“Beautiful, really beautiful…” Yuan Guo concentrated on her, and her mind was full of how graceful her Young Miss would look walking.

It really was beautiful!

For a moment, Xiao Youning did not understand what the compliment was for, and when she realized how lewd Yuan Guo’s eyes were, she poked her on the forehead.

“Where did you learn to be a gawker?” She blushed with embarrassment, and Yuan Guo giggled. “What is the Young Miss ashamed of? It’s a good thing. Just look at me. Those little maids envy me, and they always like to take a peek at me.”

Yuan Guo said this proudly and stood straighter to show off her chest.

Speechless, Xiao Youning glanced at her. Her chest was nothing compared to Yuan Guo’s. Yuan Guo was also several years older than her.

But does everyone envy this type of figure? 

Is it because… men like it? 

She blinked, her long eyelashes lowered. She was thinking… Does Ye Shen also like it bigger?

As she mused, she blushed with embarrassment. She quickly stopped these unbridled thoughts and said to Yuan Guo, “The dress can be worn. I remember that I deliberately kept it when we were running away in fear.”

Yuan Guo replied, “Young Miss remembers correctly. I’ll find the other ones and send them to the embroidery ladies first. Just wear this first.”

It’s not good for a young lady’s feet to be seen by outsiders.

Just then, a steward asked to see her.

After the steward entered the room and bowed to her, he asked someone to carry in several large red chests. “Young Miss, this was sent by Fifth Master.”

“For me?”

She thought it was strange.

Okay, what did he send?

Yuan Guo happily opened the chests one by one. She was pleasantly surprised and turned around to tell her to come see. “Young Miss, these are all clothes and fashionable jewelry, there are many gems and pearls on the hair accessories!”

Xiao Youning was surprised and walked to it. She was dazzled by all the bright jewelry.

Most of the clothes were embroidered with clouds. It went without saying that the cloud embroidery was a luxurious gift. How did Ye Shen get so many clothes that took up two chests?!

And those pearls and gems… “Who sent it?” Despite having money herself, her heart was jumping at the sight of it all.

The steward replied with a smile, “It was sent by Fifth Master’s servant. He said he was running errands with Old Madam.”

These were modest words. He was probably a decent servant, and might even be a trusted hand of Old Madam Ye.

“Is the servant gone?” She thought it was too valuable to accept all of it.

“He put the things down and left. He said that the Young Miss can just take it. He would be called an outsider if it was not accepted.”

With these words, Xiao Youning stopped thinking about it. If she wanted to send it back, Ye Shen would have to personally come for it.

Moreover, these things were given to her by her beloved, her soon-to-be husband. She should accept them as if it was her own stuff.

With a smile in her eyes, she asked Yuan Guo to take out the clothes. Then, she chose a garnet red dress to put on.

“Fifth Master has a good eye. Young Miss looks best in red!”

She was already gorgeous—the kind of gorgeousness that could not be overshadowed by any color. She was bright and beautiful.

Xiao Youning smiled and turned around to face the mirror. “If it was a little more red, then it would be just like a wedding dress.”

Yuan Guo teased the Young Miss for wanting to get married, and they played around with the dresses.

Not long after the steward had left, the guard at her father’s side came with the news that the guests were at the door.

“Young Miss, Eldest Master Ye and his wife have come to visit, they mentioned making an apology for Xiao Ye-shi… Assistant Minister Li’s former wife. Master said that there aren’t any women in the family to receive Eldest Madam Ye. He asked what the Young Miss wants to do.”

Asking what she wanted to do really meant if it was worth acknowledging this person. Her father wanted to see if she wanted to accept the apologies from the Ye Family. If she accepted, then she would have to go and welcome the guest since there was no other woman in the family except her.

She frowned slightly and pondered.

The corruption of Xiao Ye-shi’s character was a personal matter. If she were to marry into the Ye Family in the future, she would be a part of the Ye Family. Ye Shen’s elder brother and sister-in-law were being humble by apologizing, and it would be ignorant of her to hold onto a grudge against them.

What another person did was not something she should be angry at others about.

The Ye Family’s Eldest Branch had not done anything wrong.

She stood up and tidied up her clothes. She said to the guard, “Let’s go. Where is the guest now?”