Peasant Woman is in Her Prime - C154

The shadow shifted from the treetop to the entrance of Moon’s Passage. She had obviously secretly crossed the eaves and landed in Nan Yang’s eyes.

Nan Yang’s mother was a small palace maid called Luanying, who had served him in the Hall of Pepper Orchids back then. Seeing that it was her duty to not give birth to the Seventh Prince in the second year of Imperial Consort, and that the palace maids within the Forbidden Palace were inexplicably pregnant, was a serious crime.

Luanying had nowhere to go, but she was also afraid. She ran to the side of an abandoned well at the back of the hall to commit suicide. She never thought that it would be such a coincidence, she just happened to be chasing after Gao Lang, and when she saw Luanying crying, she immediately ordered people to stop her.

The imperial concubine was kind, even though Luanying gritted her teeth and did not say a single word about the father of the child in her womb, the imperial concubine still kept it a secret for her.

In the second year, even the child was born. It was Nan Yang.

Even the name Nan Yang was personally bestowed to her by her highness concubine.

After Nan Yang was born, Imperial Concubine Gao had people secretly bring the mother and daughter out of the palace, and had them be handed over to Imperial Tutor Zhong to take care of them.

Tutor Zhong bought the Rainbow Garden of the west side of the city, and placed Luanying and her daughter here.

It was a pity that Luanying was short-lived, and died of the disease less than a year after living in the Rainbow Garden. Nan Yang was the only one left.

Nan Yang had followed Tutor Zhong from that period of time, and in name, he was Tutor Zhong’s adopted daughter. When Tutor Zhong entered the palace to lecture the Seventh Prince, she followed and listened as well.

Gao Lang was someone who was pretending to be crazy and act like he was a little sister to Nan Yang, so the two of them had to be good.

However, there was a difference between males and females in the end. When Nan Yang turned 13 or 14 years old, it wasn’t appropriate for her to stay with Seventh Prince for long, so Tutor Zhong finally settled her back into the Rainbow Garden. From then on, the entire garden was under Nan Yang’s control.

When Nan Yang left, without a companion from Seventh Prince, Tutor Zhong, in order to find a trusted aide that could accompany him at all times, found a remote family member that knew her ancestral home well.

In Nan Yang’s heart, she looked up to Seventh Elder in admiration. Even if Seventh Elder was still silly, he was still treated as a god.

Although he hadn’t seen Lord Seven for a long time, when he thought of it, he still seemed to be reading with him. That elegant and handsome youth was also a youth that would amiably ask him if he wanted tea.

How come the first time they met, Seventh Master was cold as ice.

If everyone was treated like ice, she would also feel better. After all, Nan Yang knew that the current Seventh Elder was the real Seventh Elder.

Yet he actually treated Jin Xiaolou like this… Like this… When Nan Yang thought about that scene, her hand that was tightly clenched started to tremble.

“Seventh Elder is a prince, how honorable is that? She, Jin Xiaolou, is just a peasant girl from a remote place, how could he let Seventh Elder carry her?” Nan Yang looked at the Lin’er in Chang An’s embrace and felt even more furious, “Even I have not dared to touch Seventh Elder’s sleeves since I was young. Who does she think she is? How shameless! ”

“Shut up!” Chang An rarely gets angry, and he has never gotten angry at Nan Yang before, so he was really anxious right now, “Nan Yang, you really think too highly of yourself.

When Lin’er saw that his parents had already disappeared, he started making a ruckus in Chang An’s embrace.

Chang An could only carry the Lin’er in, and turn his head to say a few words: “Nan Yang, Seventh Elder once treated you as his little sister, and treated you well, and was kind to you, but you really can’t take yourself to be Seventh Elder’s little sister. Do you know?”

Finished speaking, she finally carried Lin’er into the garden.

Seeing Nan Yang standing at the doorway for a long time without moving, Wen Mei hurriedly walked over: “Miss, don’t be sad, in my opinion, that Jin Xiaolou is inferior to me, how can she be compared to Miss! It was because she had saved seventh grandfather’s life that she was able to get pregnant with seventh grandfather’s child. It was because of his son that seventh grandfather had to look up to him! ”

“Be quiet!” Nan Yang was so frightened that her face changed, “You can’t just casually say these words out loud! Wen Mei, I told you this back then, you keep your mouth shut. If anyone else hears half a word, you better not think about living! ”

Wen Mei’s expression turned serious as she looked around: “Don’t worry miss, there’s no one else here.”

“Miss.” Wen Mei held Nan Yang’s hand, “That farmer’s woman, is really well-bred, she can easily grow a belly, don’t worry, Seventh Elder only loves children, he will definitely not take her seriously!”

Nan Yang clenched her teeth, “Relax? Even if you let go! ”

When she thought about how Seventh Elder and Jin Xiaolou were tightly holding hands, Nan Yang stomped her feet in anger and clenched her fists. Only after a long while did she manage to calm her emotions and walk towards the Rainbow Garden.

Jin Xiaolou sat in the Lovers Hall next to Gao Lang.

To the north of the Lovers Hall was a rock garden with a stone cave at the bottom. Thin streams of water flowed out of the cave and into the small pond.

The fake mountain was covered with fruits the size of a thumb, and it was exceptionally pleasant to look at.

Just as the servant brought the fruits up, Gao Lang picked up a piece of tofu cake, broke half of it and fed it to Jin Xiaolou.

Jin Xiaolou took a sip and shook his head: “Some day, I have to take you to the Linlang Workshop to have a seat. The fruits over there are more delicious than the ones over here!”

“Are all these little girls within the Linlang Workshop? My wife, you don’t need to worry about letting me go?” Gao Lang took back the tofu that Jin Xiaolou bit into her mouth and put it back in her own.

“Why are you worried? You went to live in my house too, I even saw Chang An lying on your bed before! ” Just as Jin Xiaolou finished speaking, Chang An walked in from the lobby with Lin’er in his arms.

After hearing the last sentence, Chang An’s face was as though burned red. He stood in front of the hall in a daze, and forgot to move for a moment as his mind was filled with the awkward scene from before …

Cough cough … Gao Lang coughed twice, then said to Chang An: “What are you standing there for? If there’s nothing else, then go down! ”

In his heart, he thought, why is Chang An so inconspicuous at such a critical time?

“Seventh Elder, this …” “Young master …” The Lin’er in Chang An’s arms had already twisted into a fried dough twist.

Jin Xiaolou laughed. This Lin’er, was as obedient as a quail beside her. How did he become a mischievous little devil when he was with Chang An?

“Lin’er is tired, take him to sleep first!” Gao Lang winked at Chang An.

Chang An was already exhausted by Lin’er, he only felt that bringing a child was more tiring than fighting in a war, he had no choice but to accept it. Before Jin Xiaolou could even open her mouth, she had already carried Lin’er and disappeared.

Jin Xiaolou shook her head, she was grinning from ear to ear, but soon calmed herself down: “When are we going to check the crown prince’s corpse?”

Gao Lang had thought that Jin Xiaolou wanted to ask something, but upon hearing that, he leaned his head on Jin Xiaolou’s shoulder and said, “There’s no rush with the crown prince’s matters, I don’t want to do anything today. I just want to be together with my wife!”

Jin Xiaolou wrinkled her nose. This Gao Lang, no matter how much he was not a fool, was just like a child, but his heart was still warm, so he took the opportunity to place his head beside Gao Lang’s head.

“Seventh Elder, please come back quickly. I’ve already prepared hot water for you. Let’s go to the Bi Wu Hall to bathe and change.”

Nan Yang looked at the two people leaning together in the Lovers Hall, and the corners of her mouth almost dropped behind her ears. She immediately took a step forward and saluted Gao Lang.

Jin Xiaolou immediately raised her head, straightened her back, and sat upright.

Nan Yang didn’t like her, and she also didn’t like Nan Yang. However, she had heard Chang An say that he was the one in charge of the garden, and unknowingly, she felt like he was a guest in someone else’s house.

Plus, the steward didn’t like him, so he was naturally uncomfortable.

This was also the reason why Jin Xiaolou wasn’t willing to return to the Rainbow Garden.

Unexpectedly, Gao Lang slowly straightened his body, and looked at Nan Yang with an arrogant gaze. With just a glance, Nan Yang sucked in a breath of cold air.

“Nan Yang, from today onwards, you must first ask my wife about everything within the Rainbow Garden.” Gao Lang’s voice was very light, but no one dared to question or refute her, “You have to call her Madam.”

“Yes.” Nan Yang’s knees buckled as she knelt down.

His heart churned as he slowly said, “Madam …” Master… This… “This hot water …”

“Since you are ready, then go!” Gao Lang laughed loudly, and said to Jin Xiaolou, “I haven’t bathed for ten days or half a month, and only my wife doesn’t resent my stench, she is still willing to hug me tightly and not let go!”

To say such words in front of an outsider, Jin Xiaolou felt so embarrassed that her face turned red.

“My wife, the hot water has been prepared. Why aren’t you bathing with me?” Gao Lang stood where he was and lowered his head to ask Jin Xiaolou.

This time, Jin Xiaolou’s toes were about to turn red: “What nonsense are you talking about, go take a bath yourself! I… I still need some snacks! ”

Gao Lang shook his head, holding the plate of pastries with one hand, and picked Jin Xiaolou up with the other, “My wife is the most greedy one, so how about we wash and eat at the same time?”