eurekapd Chapter 343 Two men fight for one woman
Chapter 343 Two men fight for one woman
After Si Muyan got into the carriage, she said to Du Shangge, "I only found out when I got back that my second sister had agreed to go see the lanterns with you. I had already arranged with Princess Roushu yesterday to go with her."
They were both girls from Kyoto, so Du Shangge naturally knew about Princess Roushu, but she didn't care at all.
"Let's go together then."
Upon arriving at the Lantern Street, Princess Roushu's carriage was already waiting. Xie Lan carefully helped Princess Roushu down from the carriage, and they exchanged greetings with Si Muyan and her sisters.
Du Shangge also stepped forward to greet him and introduced his elder brother: "This is my fourth brother. He rarely comes back to the capital, so you may not recognize him."
Princess Roushu then brought her cousin over and introduced him, saying, "This is my cousin from my maternal uncle's family."
Du Shangge knew Yu Wangong, but the Si sisters were not familiar with either Yu Wangong or Du Zhirong.
Originally, Yu Wangong and Du Zhirong didn't think anything of it. One of them had long admired Si Mutong, and the other, after listening to his mother's advice, also felt that Si Mutong was an excellent young lady.
Of the three beautiful young women, Si Mutong is the most stunning. Anyone who glances at her too often would feel embarrassed.
They were overjoyed.
They hadn't expected that they would both be interested in Si Mutong; they had thought they might become brothers-in-law.
Since it was a rare outing and there were so many people, Si Muyan decided to bring Xiaoxia along so she could see what was going on.
Xiaoxia was overjoyed, looking around the whole way. Now, seeing the market in the distance, she was even more excited, tugging at Yumeng's clothes and pointing at the market, urging Yumeng to take her there quickly.
Si Muyan smiled and said, "Xia'er, be good. Your mother and aunts will take you there in a little while."
He then said to Yumeng, "Put her down now. She's grown strong and heavy to carry."
Yumeng is still a child, it's too tiring to carry her like this.
Princess Rou Shu was seeing Xiao Xia'er for the first time, and she was overjoyed. She reached out to hug her, saying, "Let me hug you."
"No!" Xie Lan quickly stopped her. "Madam, you are pregnant and cannot carry heavy loads."
However, he couldn't contain his joy either. He reached out and took Xiaoxia'er, weighing her in his hand, and said with a smile, "She is indeed as lovely as jade and snow. I originally thought that if my wife were carrying a boy, he would be able to take care of his little sister in the future. But now I think that if it is a girl as lovely as Xiaoxia'er, it would be very good too."
Princess Roushu laughed and said, "That's not necessarily true. Second Miss is a woman of heavenly beauty, and Xiaoxia takes after her mother. I am nothing special and could not have given birth to such a beautiful daughter."
Xie Lan looked at her tenderly: "Nonsense, my wife is a goddess descended from the heavens to the mortal world, and I took advantage of her. If our daughter takes after you, then I will thank heaven and earth."
At this moment, the two of them couldn't resist saying sweet nothings that made people cringe.
Even Du Shangge couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to take Xiaoxia'er away: "You two can be all lovey-dovey, but don't corrupt my little niece. Xiaoxia'er, how about Aunt Du carries you? Aunt Du is strong and can carry Xiaoxia'er all over the lantern street without getting tired."
Upon hearing this, Xiaoxia clapped her hands with joy and exclaimed, "Aunt Du, Aunt Du!"
Du Shangge was delighted and kissed her on the face several times.
As the group walked forward, Du Zhirong, who had gone to meet the three sisters first, was more generous than Yu Wangong and took the initiative to walk to the second sister's side to block the pedestrians on the side.
Yu Wangong was somewhat stunned by what he saw. He looked at them with confusion and then looked to Princess Roushu for help.
At this moment, Si Muyan also told Princess Roushu about the general situation. It turned out that Du Zhirong had the same thoughts as Yu Wangong.
Princess Roushu smiled upon hearing this: "A family with a daughter is sought after by a hundred families. I have already said that your second sister is an excellent young lady. Now, the ladies of various households all want to see her."
She told her cousin, "I originally invited three young ladies as well, but I never expected that Du Silang would do the same as you. Moreover, I heard that he fell in love with the second young lady at first sight, unlike you, who, after all, listened to your mother..."
Before she could finish speaking, Yu Wangong blushed: "Who said I only... listened to my mother... This isn't the first time I've met the Second Miss, I've seen her before... once, too..."
I just couldn't bring myself to say the words "I feel joy in my heart".
Princess Roushu shrugged: "There's nothing I can do about that, you'll have to figure it out yourself."
In fact, if a thoughtful young man saw that the second young lady was closer to Du Silang, he might consider finding two other young ladies instead.
After all, of the three daughters of the Si family, the other two young ladies had never been married.
However, Yu Wan Gong was also a stubborn man.
Even if he didn't particularly like the second young lady, he would never try to win over the other two young ladies if he couldn't see the second young lady.
If that were the case, wouldn't it be an insult to the three young ladies?
Not to be outdone, Yu Wangong walked to the other side of his second sister, showing her concern and care, while also keeping an eye on the children playing nearby to prevent them from running over and bumping into her.
Although the second sister was prepared, she was still somewhat annoyed. She had heard them say that these two were honest and upright, but now they seemed quite eloquent.
Du Zhirong was stunned by Yu's action of drawing his bow. Although he was a military general, he was quick to react and immediately realized that this man was here to steal the girl he admired?
How can this work?
He then launched into a long, detailed account of border affairs, describing them vividly and engagingly, which piqued the curiosity of his second sister.
Seeing his second sister's curiosity, Du Zhirong became smug. Even when there was no war at the border, the men in the military camp had no place to play; their favorite pastime was to gather together to play cards and boast.
Over time, they all developed excellent oral skills and could tell stories in a very engaging way.
In this respect, Yu Wangong was at a disadvantage. She racked her brains but couldn't come up with a solution. She could only show her gentleness and say every now and then to her second sister to watch her step or to remind her that the lanterns in the shop next door were very beautiful.
Lantern vendors naturally put on some shows, with riddle-solving being the most popular. Although Yu Wangong worked for the Military Command, he was very talented in literature.
He guessed several riddles correctly and even won a very beautiful lantern, which he wanted to give to his second sister.
The second sister was astonished: "You're really amazing."
"When I was young, I was interested in learning, so these riddles weren't difficult."
Yu Wangong spoke humbly, but did not forget to look up and provoke Du Zhirong.
Du Zhirong was furious. He was a true military general, not someone who lacked knowledge, but compared to Yu Wangong, he was definitely not as good.
Seeing Yu Wangong hand the lantern to his second sister as if presenting a token of their love, Du Zhirong was so anxious that he scratched his head and didn't know what to do.
Just then, Xia'er, who was being held by Du Shangge, spotted the man with her mother and handed her a very beautiful lantern.
She clapped her hands and shouted, "Lamp, Mother, Xia'er wants a lamp!"