The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 26: The devastatingly beautiful Noble Consort Nie

In the past, he had maltreated Nie Sangyu because she failed to see the larger issues and provoked his annoyance and disgust. But, the person in front of him right now had already changed from a shrew to proper, magnanimous, and unselfish woman. Thinking of their marriage that had occurred before their adulthood ceremonies, Ning Yuxuan felt a slight sense of humanness and ended up not willing to make her suffer.

Besides, if Nie Sangyu entered the palace using her identify as a member of Noble Consort Nie's maiden family, what would happen to reputation of his marquis's household?

After being silent for a while, Ning Yuxuan stood up and said, "Come with me first."

Ji Man raised her head to look at him in confusion. The carriage would be leaving soon. Why would she go somewhere with him?

Ning Yuxuan lifted his feet and started walking forward. Ji Man could only follow after him. As they were walking, Ji Man carefully scrutinized the side of his face. Although his face was mostly expressionless, he didn't seem angry, so she put down her worries.

Marquis Moyu led her to western courtyard, told her to wait outside, and entered his room. A short while later, he came out with a circular jade accessory.

The jade accessory was truly circular and felt very nice to touch. There wasn't a decorative pattern on the jade, but it had a neatly carved character, "Ning".

To be honest, this jade accessory looked really ugly. It was a wasted use of a valuable piece of white jade. However, when Ning Yuxuan put the jade into her hand, he still hesitated slightly.

"In the end, you're still a person from my household." Marquis Moyu finally loosened his grip and the piece of jade fell into the hollow of Nie Sangyu's palm.

Ji Man was at a loss. She naturally didn't understand the significance of this item. Just as she was about to ask him, Ning Yuxuan extremely impatiently said, "If you're going to the palace, you should hurry up and go. Why are you dilly-dallying? Mother might already be waiting for you at the entrance."

One moment he was cold, the next moment he was warm. It really was difficult to understand this person's thoughts. Ji Man decided that since he was giving this item away for free, she would just accept it. After she hanged the jade accessory on her waist, she ran back to Feiwan Courtyard in small steps. She had Muxu straightened her up before they would walk to the main entrance.

"Master," Muxu saw the jade accessory that was hanging on Nie Sangyu's waist and was very surprised. "This... Did the marquis give you this?"

Ji Man nodded. The surface of the jade accessory was carved with his last name.

Muxu brightened with joy. She stretched her hand out and replaced the silver hairpin in Nie Sangyu's hair with the jewelry they had redeemed back from the pawnshop, until her hair was covered in gold. She also changed Nie Sangyu's clothing to a long pink dress over white sleeves.

"What's this for?" Ji Man was confused.

"Although the marquis gave you this jade accessory without announcing it to the household, it's still worth of a celebration." Muxu happily said, "This is the jade accessory with the marquis's last name that can only be worn by the secondary wife. The marquis must have definitely felt that he couldn't bear to let you lose face when entering the palace. This servant naturally can't let you look unpresentable either."

Secondary wife? Ji Man was speechless from amazement. She had only said a few words and Marquis Moyu had actually been this generous? Hadn't he originally done everything possible to block old madame from promoting her to secondary wife? Why did he end up giving her this jade accessory himself?