Rebirth: Bai Xueyun's
49 - Fu Huaran

The poetry exhibition was two days later, and Xueyun went there as promised.

Due to Qi cultivation, Li Hengyuan had grown taller recently. He used to be only as Chen's chest, but now he had already reached the height of Chen's neck.

And also, he became stronger. At least, he no longer looked as thin as before.

With a light blue dress and a black belt that stuck out her slender waist, a white gauze coat covered her body, she looked tall and slender.

Moreover, Xueyun very much resembled Lian Yue with her facial features, which used to be a famous beauty in the capital when she was young. Hence, Xueyun now had an incomparable temperament.

Thinking that he was going to a poetry exhibition, Xueyun decided to bring a folding fan with her. The original fan was empty, but he urged Chen to draw a painting on the front side writing a poem on the back.

Waving the fan and smelling the ink, she was as if she was truly a graceful and educated woman.

The car was waiting outside the residence. Qing Yan built a staircase for Xueyun to board the carriage before they headed to Yunshu Park, a poetry exhibition would be held.

Yunshu Park is a royal garden. It used to be the royal family's private garden, but a few years ago, the founder of a poetry exhibition, Princess Chang Yu Mei, asked permission from Emperor Han to make the park a gathering place for women in the capital.

Emperor Han had always loved him Princess Chang Yu Mei, so he granted his request without hesitation.

Now, the poetry exhibition had been held for seven years, and Princess Chang Yu Mei was already married and became a mother. Despite this, she was never absent from the monthly poetry exhibition.

The exhibition of poetry is claimed to be a collection of women, but it has been politicized.

In short, this is a "wives' gathering".

While Xueyun was reviewing the background of the poetry exhibition, the carriage stopped at Yunshu Park, and Qing Yan's voice from outside, "Your Majesty, we have arrived."

As soon as Xueyun got off the carriage, there was another carriage coming from behind.

Qing Yan looked and explained it to Xueyun, "the empress, the carriage is from the Minister of finance's residence."

The Minister of Finance's residence? Isn't a residence with a bad background marrying a respected person, like the case?

Xueyun was curious and happened to see that the curtain of the carriage was lifted. A man wearing a red dress came out of the carriage before he supported a woman in a white dress to get off.

Due to the long distance, Xueyun could not hear them, but she could see the red-clothed man kissing the white-clothed woman. Although the white-clothed woman tried to dodge, she laughed, which showed that she really enjoyed it.

Then, the man dressed in red, got onto the carriage, and the smile and gentleness on the woman's face disappeared instantly. He became aloof and cold, like the moon in the sky.

When he saw Xueyun, he saluted Xueyun before walking into Yunshu Park.

"Your Majesty, this is Fu Huaran, the Young Madam of the Minister of Finance's residence. She was the daughter of Marquis Pingyang from one of his concubines." Qing Yan told Xueyun.

Xueyun nodded and said, "Qing Yan, you can leave now. Come back to pick me up two hours later."

"Yes, queen." With that, Qing Yan ran the carriage away.

By the time Xueyun arrived, most of the women were already there, all of whom were very attractive.

The relaxed atmosphere became tense instantly when Xueyun appeared. When he saw it, everyone stopped talking and told him.

"Empress Bai."

Some young women lowered their heads timidly, their faces dyed red.

Xueyun's extraordinarily beautiful face made some envy and embarrassment, but they did not dare to look straight at her.

Waving the helpful folding fan and the group of mistresses and young married women, Xueyun felt a little uncomfortable, but she managed to remain calm. He waved his hand and said, "Please, all of you can get up. Don't bow to me."

After hearing that voice, Fu Huaran looked up and saw Xueyun. He got up quickly and greeted Xueyun, "The Empress."

"Please sit down." With that, Xueyun sat on a chair in the pavilion leisurely, her back leaning on a pillar, and her legs crossed.

Fu Huaran who was sitting in the pavilion alone with Xueyun was very confused. Her black hair dangled like a fall, and her white dress fluttered, which looked like an immortal from heaven.

"Young Miss Fu." Xueyun started the conversation. "Do you come to the exhibition every month?"

Fu Huaran was a little stunned. It took a while now to adapt as it had been a long time since the last time she was summoned as "Young Miss Fu" . Currently,"Ny. Young Miss" or "Young Lady".

However, Fu Huaran immediately regained his senses, and he replied, "Almost."

His voice was clear and far from dust, like his temperament.

Xueyun did not pursue any further. He could see that Fu Huaran was no match for this place. Therefore, he should have his own reasons for coming to the poetry exhibition in every month.

He heard some rumors about the Minister of Finance's residence in the past two days. A playboy young master and a wife who had been evicted from the marquis residence, their situation did not sound too good.

But it's all family business. From his curiosity, Xueyun actually did not notice.

"Xueyun, why are you sitting here? Why don't you go talk to the others?"

With a soft voice, a luxurious-clothed woman walked towards Xueyum with the help of a female servant.

Xueyun immediately got up and, greeting, "Jie jie."

That person was Princess Chang Yu Mei.

Fu Huaran greeted him as well, "Your Majesty."

"Huaran, you're here too!" Princess Chang Yu Mei glanced at Huaran. There was a sort of emotion flashed in his eyes and disappeared immediately. "Please, wake up."

There was a connection between Fu Huaran and Princess Chang Yu Mei. If Fu Huaran had not been expelled from the household of Marquis Pingyang, Princess Chang Yu would have been her brother-in-law.

The husband of Princess Chang Yu was Fu Qing Luo.

Princess Chang Yu was the organizer of the poetry exhibition, so when she arrived, all the other women came, which made the octagonal pavilion become crowded in an instant.

Surrounded by these women, Xueyun and Fu Huaran felt very uncomfortable.

Sensing their awkwardness, Princess Chang Yu said, "the poetry exhibition is about to begin. Please come back and sit down, everyone."

After that, the crowd finally calmed down. Princess Chang Yu said to Xueyun and Fu Huaran, "Please."

Since Princess Chang Yu had made a request personally, Xueyun and Fu Huaran certainly could not resist. They exchanged glances and exited the octagonal pavilion.

However, its advantages had a sense of decency. Whether they were standing or sitting, they would keep a distance from the women present, due to their awkwardness.

The strange thing was that Xueyun could feel someone's gaze coming from time to time, which was extremely hot and dangerous.

He tried to find the source of that gaze secretly, but he failed.

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Author's note: sorry I didn't update yesterday, my schoolwork piled up because of the tight deadlines, and what - what the fuck! Why is there UTS? Even though last semester there was no midterm assessment like QAQ

But luckily after much effort and almost staying up my schoolwork was done (*^*)